Anagrams of indemnifications
Word indemnifications has
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- edifications
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noun,
an act of edifying.
- omnidistance
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noun,
the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- deifications
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noun,
the act of deifying.
- nicotinamide
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
- antimension
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noun,
a consecrated linen or silk cloth, kept on an altar, to which is sewn a linen or silk bag containing relics of saints.
- edification
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noun,
an act of edifying.
- deification
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noun,
the act of deifying.
- demi-cannon
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noun,
a large cannon of the 16th century, having a bore of about 6½ inches (17 cm) and firing a shot of from 30 to 36 pounds (14 to 16 kg).
- medications
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noun,
the use or application of medicine.
- confidantes
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noun,
a woman to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
- antinomies
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noun,
opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- mendicants
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noun,
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
- indecision
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noun,
inability to decide.
- infinities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being infinite.
- indentions
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noun,
the indenting of a line or lines in writing or printing.
- intimacies
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noun,
the state of being intimate.
- nicotinism
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noun,
a pathological condition caused by excessive use of tobacco, and characterized by depression of the central and autonomic nervous systems; nicotine poisoning.
- midsection
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noun,
the middle section or part of anything.
- antimonies
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noun,
a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free or combined, used chiefly in alloys and in compounds in medicine. Symbol: Sb; atomic number: 51; atomic weight: 121.75.
- antimonide
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noun,
a binary compound containing antimony and a second element, usually a metal.
- nidificate
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verb (used without object),
to build a nest.
- definition
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noun,
the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear:
- demicanton
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noun,
either of the two political divisions in Switzerland into which the cantons of Basel, Appenzell, and Unterwalden are each divided.
- dominicans
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noun,
a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.
- dominances
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noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- medication
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noun,
the use or application of medicine.
- mediations
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- innominate
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adjective,
having no name; nameless; anonymous.
- sanctified
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adjective,
made holy; consecrated:
- inanitions
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- confidante
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noun,
a woman to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
- indication
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noun,
anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
- omniscient
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noun,
an omniscient being.
- Cismontane
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adjective,
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
- Indonesian
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noun,
a member of the ethnic group consisting of the natives of Indonesia, the Filipinos, and the Malays of Malaysia.
- semination
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noun,
a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
- monacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- infancies
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noun,
the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- dominants
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- demoniacs
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- Dominican
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noun,
a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.
- infinites
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noun,
something that is infinite.
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- mediation
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- sciaenoid
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noun,
a sciaenoid fish.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- incondite
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adjective,
ill-constructed; unpolished:
- Indonesia
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noun,
East Indies (def 1).
- indamines
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noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- miticides
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing mites.
- dominance
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noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- 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.
- antimonic
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adjective,
of or containing antimony, especially in the pentavalent state.
- discomfit
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verb (used with object),
to confuse and deject; disconcert:
- infantine
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adjective,
infantile.
- dimension
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noun,
Mathematics.
a property of space; extension in a given direction:
the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere.
the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space.
the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers.
extension in time:
- confident
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noun,
a confidant.
- confidant
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noun,
a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
- idiomatic
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adjective,
peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect:
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- condiment
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noun,
something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- disinfect
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verb (used with object),
to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- infection
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noun,
an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- in-and-in
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adverb,
repeatedly within the same family, strain, etc.:
- inanities
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noun,
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- inanition
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- Midianite
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noun,
a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.
- ideaistic
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adjective,
of ideas, especially in their abstract or symbolic character.
- innocents
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noun,
an innocent person.
- aniconism
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noun,
opposition to the use of idols or images.
- cinnamons
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noun,
the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- damnifies
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verb (used with object),
to cause loss or damage to.
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- actinides
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- Indianism
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noun,
action or policy for promoting the interests of Indians, especially American Indians.
- 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.
- dacoities
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- intension
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noun,
intensification; increase in degree.
- indention
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noun,
the indenting of a line or lines in writing or printing.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- indiction
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noun,
a proclamation made every 15 years in the later Roman Empire, fixing the valuation of property to be used as a basis for taxation.
- indicants
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noun,
something that indicates; indicator.
- contained
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adjective,
showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
- indicates
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- acidities
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noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- insomniac
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noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- antinodes
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- mendicant
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noun,
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
- acidifies
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become acid; convert into an acid.
- manifesto
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noun,
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- Maintenon
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noun,
Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- diatomic
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adjective,
having two atoms in the molecule.
- indicans
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noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- scandent
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adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- modifies
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verb (used with object),
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend:
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- diatonic
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adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- indicant
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noun,
something that indicates; indicator.
- manifest
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noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- confides
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verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- diamines
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- 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.
- confined
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noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- contends
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- indamine
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noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- infinite
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noun,
something that is infinite.
- incision
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noun,
a cut, gash, or notch.
- demoniac
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- contemns
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- decision
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noun,
the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
- confines
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noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- demonian
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adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- infamies
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noun,
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act:
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- Anniston
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noun,
a city in E Alabama.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- miticide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing mites.
- somnific
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adjective,
causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- Masonite
-
- incident
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noun,
an individual occurrence or event.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- dictions
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- monacids
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- codifies
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- insomnia
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- isotimic
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adjective,
(of a line or surface in space) having an equal value of some quantity at a given time.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- mentions
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- 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.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- sinfonia
-
noun,
a symphony.
- feminist
-
noun,
an advocate of such rights.
- Cinnamon
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noun,
the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- comedian
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noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- fondants
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noun,
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
- 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.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Fontanne
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noun,
Lynn, 1887–1983, U.S. actress, born in England (wife of Alfred Lunt).
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- citifies
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verb (used with object),
to make into a city; urbanize.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- fication
-
- 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.
- nidifies
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verb (used without object),
nidificate.
- minifies
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verb (used with object),
to make less.
- actinide
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- actinoid
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adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- 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.
- nidation
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noun,
implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- finances
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noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- mind-set
-
noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- comedist
-
noun,
a writer of comedies.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- condemns
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verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- innocent
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noun,
an innocent person.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- amidines
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- sanidine
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noun,
a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- infantes
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noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- idiocies
-
noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- santonin
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- idiotism
-
noun,
idiotic conduct or action.
- dimities
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noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- citified
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adjective,
made into a city.
- domestic
-
noun,
a hired household servant.
- fontinas
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- iotacism
-
noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- Domitian
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noun,
(Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- Dominica
-
noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- dominant
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- comities
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- Sainfoin
-
noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- mediants
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- innomine
-
noun,
any of various English polyphonic instrumental compositions of the 16th and 17th centuries using an antiphon for Trinity Sunday as a cantus firmus.
- Docetism
-
noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Sno-Cat
-
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- comfits
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- confide
-
verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- confine
-
noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Fatimid
-
noun,
any caliph of the North African dynasty, 909–1171, claiming descent from Fatima and Ali.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Sinitic
-
noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- intens.
-
- condemn
-
verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- demonic
-
adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- 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.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Finance
-
noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- nemato-
-
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- foments
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- fondant
-
noun,
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
- Fonseca
-
noun,
Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- fideism
-
noun,
exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- fade-in
-
noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- fascine
-
noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- fantoms
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- fantods
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- fandoms
-
noun,
fans collectively, as of a motion-picture star or a professional game or sport.
- fancies
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fancied
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- nomadic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- faction
-
noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- fiction
-
noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- faconne
-
noun,
a fabric having a faconne pattern or motif.
- facient
-
- ninnies
-
noun,
a fool or simpleton.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- fiances
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- 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.
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- deficit
-
noun,
the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- defiant
-
adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indican
-
noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- indicia
-
noun,
indicia (def 2).
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- dominie
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- Dominic
-
noun,
Saint, 1170–1221, Spanish priest: founder of the Dominican order.
- Domenic
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- nannies
-
noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- sandmen
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- idiotic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- diction
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diamine
-
noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- fatidic
-
adjective,
prophetic.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- stamin-
-
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- 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.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- 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.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- actino-
-
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- candent
-
adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Caedmon
-
noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- medico-
-
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Mitanni
-
noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- amidins
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- amidine
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- isation
-
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- 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.
- minions
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- tannins
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- amnios
-
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- amino-
-
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- femto-
-
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- aniso-
-
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- denom.
-
- denti-
-
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- fenman
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- aceto-
-
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- scato-
-
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- disco-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- ninons
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- masto-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- foetid
-
adjective,
fetid.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- adeno-
-
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- nemat-
-
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- AFSCME
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- tinned
-
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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- 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.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- finned
-
noun,
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- Finnic
-
noun,
a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Lapp, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- Minnie
-
noun,
mother; mom.
- deific
-
adjective,
making divine; deifying.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- actin-
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- 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.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- amido-
-
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- 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:
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- 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.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Nansen
-
noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- Medit.
-
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Medici
-
noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- Cannon
-
noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- comfit
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Comdt.
-
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- 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.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- fantod
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Confed
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- 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).
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- somat-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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).
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- 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.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- isidia
-
noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- 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.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- 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.
- nocti-
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Maced.
-
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- fandom
-
noun,
fans collectively, as of a motion-picture star or a professional game or sport.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- contd.
-
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- decafs
-
noun,
decaffeinated coffee or tea.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- facsim
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- indef.
-
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- indic.
-
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- misfit
-
noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- 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.
- cteno-
-
- infin.
-
- contin
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- steno-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- 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)
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- meta-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- mini-
-
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- femic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- feti-
-
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- noct-
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Indo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- miso-
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- masc.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mast-
-
- 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.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- misc.
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mafic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- inst.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Mont.
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- istic
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- ition
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- modif
-
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- init.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minn.
-
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- naso-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- Fonda
-
noun,
an inn or restaurant.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- 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.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- meno-
-
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- imit.
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- MSEnt
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idion
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- IATSE
-
- idio-
-
- 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.
- ideo-
-
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- icons
-
- ician
-
- nano-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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: ¢.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- 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.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- semi-
-
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- sect.
-
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- 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.
- deca-
-
- decaf
-
noun,
decaffeinated coffee or tea.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Sino-
-
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- conf.
-
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- deci-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- AMEDS
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- teno-
-
- Tenn.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amid-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amin-
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- acet-
-
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- aden-
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ation
-
- asco-
-
- atmo-
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anon.
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- 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.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- cont.
-
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- econ.
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- edit.
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- oidea
-
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Scot.
-
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- faced
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- famed
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nona-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- endo-
-
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ento-
-
- 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.).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- dimin
-
- 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.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Scand
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- diam.
-
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- desc.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dent.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- demo-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- disc.
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dist.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sanit
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- not-
-
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- OCDM
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- mis-
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- nos-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- nom.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- 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):
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- min.
-
- tonn
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- sec.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Oct.
-
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sam.
-
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- tion
-
- Sem.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- scfm
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sci.
-
- non-
-
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sat.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- mod.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Ste.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Ont.
-
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Soni
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- MSIE
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- NDAC
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- std.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- NASD
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- OECD
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- MSCE
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- MScD
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- MSAE
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Tasm
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- msec
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 1080
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- 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.
- FACS
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- FAdm
-
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fac.
-
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- FDIC
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- eso-
-
- cit.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cide
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Esd.
-
- est.
-
- cen.
-
- Ceto
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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).
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- cet-
-
- fam.
-
- CanF
-
- Can.
-
- Ens.
-
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FMCS
-
- FNMA
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- FOIA
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- 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.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- fec.
-
- Fed.
-
- fedn
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- fem.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- fict
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- FICA
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- DMSO
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dat.
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Dec.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dem.
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- defs
-
- def.
-
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dif-
-
- dis-
-
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- EFTA
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- comd
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Cmon
-
- EDTA
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- eco-
-
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dom.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- cts.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- midn
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- 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.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- aet.
-
- iso-
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- AFSC
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- med.
-
- 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.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Mac-
-
- AIME
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inae
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- IndE
-
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- ins.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- AISI
-
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ment
-
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- mfd.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Mid.
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Man.
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mdse
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- Mcfd
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- MDES
-
- mdnt
-
- amdt
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- asc-
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ance
-
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ASME
-
- Ind.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ant.
-
- Den.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- amt.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- IMCO
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASM
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Sfc
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ASN
-
- ACS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CEA
-
- SED
-
- CED
-
- DCM
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- ASI
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ase
-
- DFC
-
- CEF
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- do.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- DAE
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- DSO
-
- DSM
-
- STI
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Af.
-
- ADC
-
- SDA
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- ATC
-
- an.
-
- AMC
-
- CDT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SCM
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- TSE
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- at.
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- ct.
-
- STM
-
- cs.
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Co.
-
- 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.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- cf.
-
- SDI
-
- CAF
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ca.
-
- sfm
-
- cfm
-
- ADF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CFA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ANF
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- CNM
-
- CMD
-
- CNN
-
- 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.
- Sta
-
- SMD
-
- SMA
-
- AIC
-
- CNO
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CMA
-
- St.
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- cfs
-
- CIA
-
- TID
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- SOF
-
- 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.
- CIE
-
- CIF
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CIM
-
- CFI
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ANC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CFD
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CNS
-
- 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.
- CFO
-
- CSO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- AME
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CSA
-
- CSF
-
- CST
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- CTA
-
- CAI
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- TIA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TCS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TCA
-
- AFS
-
- AFM
-
- AFC
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- AMS
-
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- TMO
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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).
- ons
-
- SCF
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- FOT
-
- FSA
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ide
-
- ne-
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- IFC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- NAD
-
- NSF
-
- NCO
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- NDE
-
- NEA
-
- MTF
-
- FIO
-
- FCS
-
- FDA
-
- NOC
-
- NNE
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FET
-
- Fia
-
- fic
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- DET
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FOS
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- fm.
-
- NIA
-
- NFS
-
- NFD
-
- NFC
-
- FMC
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- FCA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MIT
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Me.
-
- Mcf
-
- MCI
-
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MFA
-
- MFS
-
- MFT
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Md.
-
- MST
-
- IOC
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSF
-
- IMF
-
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSA
-
- ine
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- IOF
-
- Mc-
-
- 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 = .
- 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
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- MOI
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ECM
-
- ea.
-
- ose
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- EDT
-
- OIt
-
- ef-
-
- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ETD
-
- EOM
-
- oic
-
- DOE
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noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DFA
-
- DFM
-
- DFT
-
- ScD
-
- di.
-
- Die
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noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- sc.
-
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DMA
-
- DMS
-
- DMT
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DNA
-
- Doi
-
- eo-
-
- Don
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- SAE
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- DOT
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noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DSA
-
- So.
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- sd.
-
- OTS
-
- DST
-
- ote
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- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- oid
-
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- OSA
-
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ESA
-
- OAS
-
- Esc
-
- oaf
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noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OTC
-
- of-
-
- OSF
-
- OSD
-
- OFM
-
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- FAS
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fo.
-
- FAD
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noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- TSI
-
- EOF
-
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- ODT
-
- OEM
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODA
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noun,
a room within a harem.
- EIS
-
- EMF
-
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- OCD
-
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- O.
-
- FC
-
- MN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DN
-
- AO
-
- FD
-
- NM
-
- DM
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MF
-
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FE
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TC
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SA
-
- TN
-
- TD
-
- SN
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OA
-
- D.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- fn
-
- SF
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DF
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- SM
-
- N.
-
- CE
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CM
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ND
-
- S.
-
- TM
-
- NF
-
- t.
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