Anagrams of incarcerations
Word incarcerations has
1927 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of incarcerations.
- incarceration
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noun,
the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure:
- transoceanic
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adjective,
extending across or traversing the ocean:
- incinerators
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noun,
a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
- cartonniers
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noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- ciceronians
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noun,
a person who is an expert on or specializes in the study of the works of Cicero.
- Anacreontic
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noun,
(lowercase) an Anacreontic poem.
- concertinas
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- incinerator
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noun,
a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
- arricciatos
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noun,
arriccio.
- canceration
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noun,
the state of becoming cancerous.
- narrations
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noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- cartonnier
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noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- arricciato
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noun,
arriccio.
- cinerarias
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noun,
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
- carnations
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- anticancer
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adjective,
for or used in the prevention or treatment of cancer:
- incarnates
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- contraries
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- criterions
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- concertina
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- air-to-air
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adverb,
from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight:
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- Cistercian
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noun,
a member of an order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon, France, under the rule of St. Benedict.
- Ciceronian
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noun,
a person who is an expert on or specializes in the study of the works of Cicero.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- tarriance
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noun,
delay.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- Cineraria
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noun,
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- circinate
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adjective,
made round; ring-shaped.
- Cirenaica
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noun,
Cyrenaica.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- tornarias
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- Nicotiana
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- narration
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noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- inerratic
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adjective,
not erratic or wandering; fixed:
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- incorrect
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adjective,
not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong:
- carcanets
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noun,
a woman's ornamental circlet for the hair, often of gold decorated with jewels or pearls.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- narcotics
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- incarnate
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- arriccios
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.
- Carnation
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- Constance
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- accentors
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- Corsicana
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noun,
a city in E Texas.
- Trinacria
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noun,
an ancient name of Sicily.
- actinians
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- carrions
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Nearctic
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- arriccio
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- ectosarc
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noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Carnatic
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noun,
a historically important region on the SE coast of India: now in Madras state.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- concerns
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- accentor
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- intrans.
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- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- iranians
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- cariocas
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noun,
a modification of the samba.
- narrates
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- arterio-
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- Sicanian
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adjective,
Sicilian.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- narcotic
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- carcanet
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noun,
a woman's ornamental circlet for the hair, often of gold decorated with jewels or pearls.
- sciatica
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noun,
pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- inerrant
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adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- rosarian
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noun,
a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- acrostic
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noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- criteria
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- corrects
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adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- aniconic
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adjective,
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.:
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- Roseanna
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noun,
a female given name.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Rotarian
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noun,
a member of a Rotary Club.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- cercaria
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noun,
the disk-shaped larva of flukes of the class Trematoda, having a taillike appendage.
- actinian
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- tornaria
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- cocaines
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- Saarinen
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noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Tarasco
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noun,
Tarascan.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- constr.
-
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- carcase
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noun,
the dead body of an animal.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- cancans
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noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cancion
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noun,
song.
- intens.
-
- cantina
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cerato-
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- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- cranio-
-
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- erratas
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- sterno-
-
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- stearo-
-
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- centric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centro-
-
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carioca
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- icteric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- correct
-
adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- Sno-Cat
-
- ciceros
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cornice
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- iatrics
-
- carreta
-
noun,
a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- centri-
-
- contra-
-
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- saccate
-
adjective,
having a sac or the form of a sac.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- rosaria
-
noun,
a rose garden.
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- aristo-
-
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arseno-
-
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- actinic
-
adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actino-
-
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- ricracs
-
noun,
rickrack.
- aerator
-
noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- narrate
-
verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- sciatic
-
noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- isation
-
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- arteri-
-
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ricrac
-
noun,
rickrack.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- inter.
-
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- recti-
-
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- rectos
-
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- irones
-
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.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intra-
-
- retro-
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- intro.
-
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- narco-
-
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
-
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- sarco-
-
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nocti-
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- scato-
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- iatro-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- sacro-
-
- steno-
-
- cteno-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- occas.
-
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- incorr
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- stacc.
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- contr.
-
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Carnac
-
noun,
a commune in SW Morbihan, in NW France, SE of Lorient: megalithic monuments. 3681.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Carcas
-
noun,
one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- cerat-
-
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tarso-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- aniso-
-
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- arsen-
-
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- contin
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Arcaro
-
noun,
Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- cancan
-
noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- Canace
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who committed suicide at her father's command because of her incestuous relations with her brother Macareus.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- C-in-C
-
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- aceto-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aeron.
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- actin-
-
- cirro-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- treasr
-
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- rears
-
- areo-
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ASEAN
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- noct-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 30-30
-
- nitr-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nano-
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- asco-
-
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reins
-
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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- reni-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- naso-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- nears
-
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- acet-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- acct.
-
- ACCRA
-
noun,
the wood of a sapele.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Recit
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tonia
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- restr
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- aero-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- aeri-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- treas
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- anat.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- acro-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- anti-
-
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- 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.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- sarc-
-
- ante-
-
- sanit
-
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- annot
-
- anoas
-
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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- anon.
-
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Scot.
-
- istic
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- cent.
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tears
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- ecto-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- econ.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Srta.
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- cero-
-
- ster.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- erron
-
- cata-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- Tenn.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- conc.
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- corr.
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cores
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- cont.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- crit.
-
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Sino-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- terr.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- sero-
-
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- caco-
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- intr.
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Seric
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Cant.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- seti-
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- inst.
-
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- canc.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- init.
-
- sect.
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Iran.
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- ation
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- ician
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- IATSE
-
- incor
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- icons
-
- incr.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- tera-
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- sci.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tron
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- scr.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tion
-
- sec.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tRNA
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ste.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ten.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sat.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sra.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- RONA
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- RNAS
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- ter.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tonn
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rit.
-
- str.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tri-
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Soni
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ator
-
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- cac-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NCTE
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NCAA
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- itis
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NACA
-
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Cres
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- eco-
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ect-
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- cir.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- crat
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Cor.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ice.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 1080
-
- cen.
-
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- cat.
-
- ICAO
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- etc.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- eso-
-
- CERN
-
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Aire
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ont.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- NIRA
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- aet.
-
- Anas
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ance
-
- Oct.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ann.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- 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.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ant.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acea
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acc.
-
- ANSI
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ARIS
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- NTIA
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- arr.
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- NOAA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- CNS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ase
-
- TSI
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ACS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CIE
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TSE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Aar
-
- AAE
-
- CNO
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- CNN
-
- ASI
-
- CNC
-
- ASN
-
- Ar.
-
- Tro
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- an.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AIA
-
- ac-
-
- CAA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CIC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ca.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cc.
-
- ANC
-
- TIA
-
- tra
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tr.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ae.
-
- TCA
-
- AEA
-
- CIA
-
- AEC
-
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- AIC
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CEO
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ATC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Esc
-
- CRC
-
- OSA
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- SAE
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- SAR
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- OTC
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OAS
-
- NCC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- NCO
-
- CRS
-
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NOC
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- sc.
-
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ITC
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ot-
-
- RNA
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ROA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RNR
-
- ose
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ite
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ITA
-
- ESR
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ESA
-
- cte
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CTC
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- CTA
-
- ETS
-
- STI
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- CST
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- en-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ean
-
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EIS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ec-
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ECA
-
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- eir
-
- CSR
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Ia.
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- CRT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- CSA
-
- ier
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- CSC
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ICC
-
- CSO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ine
-
- T1
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- RC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- CE
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- SA
-
- EI
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OA
-
- TC
-
- SN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NI
-