Anagrams of inobservance
Word inobservance has
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that can be made by using the letters of inobservance.
- Nicobarese
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noun,
a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- observance
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noun,
an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to:
- Serbonian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- veronicas
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noun,
the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- obeisance
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noun,
a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- Avicebron
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noun,
(Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- verbenas
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters.
Compare verbena family.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- corbinas
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- bicornes
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Besancon
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Doubs, in E France: Roman ruins.
- Caribees
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noun,
See under Antilles.
- Veronica
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noun,
the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
- carbines
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Bernanos
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1948, French novelist and pamphleteer.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- Berenson
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noun,
Bernard or Bernhard [bur-nahrd,, burn-hahrd] /ˈbɜr nɑrd,, ˈbɜrn hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1959, U.S. art critic, born in Lithuania.
- corvinas
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noun,
corbina.
- environs
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plural noun,
the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- convenes
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verb (used with object),
to cause to assemble; convoke.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- varicose
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adjective,
abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen:
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- brisance
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noun,
the shattering effect of a high explosive.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- revoices
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- Converse
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noun,
familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- nervines
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noun,
a nervine medicine.
- conserve
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noun,
Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- arseno-
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- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- bonacis
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- escribe
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verb (used with object),
to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.
- obverse
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noun,
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- observe
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verb (used with object),
to see, watch, perceive, or notice:
- Service
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noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- revoice
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- corvine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- obscene
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adjective,
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
- enrobes
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- corvina
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noun,
corbina.
- Benares
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noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- corvees
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noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- venison
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noun,
the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
- novenas
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noun,
a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cranio-
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- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- bovines
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noun,
a bovine animal.
- ebonies
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noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- bravoes
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noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- cervine
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adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- innerve
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verb (used with object),
to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- Arecibo
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noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- vanners
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noun,
the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- evinces
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verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- viscera
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plural noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity.
- varices
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noun,
plural of varix.
- nervine
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noun,
a nervine medicine.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- cravens
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noun,
a coward.
- varico-
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- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Bernina
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noun,
a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- corbans
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- aerobes
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noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- Sanborn
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noun,
a male given name.
- versine
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noun,
versed sine.
- convene
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verb (used with object),
to cause to assemble; convoke.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- cave-in
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noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- Bernice
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- corbina
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- absence
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noun,
state of being away or not being present:
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- connive
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verb (used without object),
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with):
- verbose
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adjective,
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy:
- benison
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noun,
benediction.
- Verbena
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters.
Compare verbena family.
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- environ
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plural noun,
the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- carbene
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noun,
the radical CH 2 and its derivatives.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- carbine
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- bennies
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noun,
Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
- cobias
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noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- borane
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- bicone
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noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- renvoi
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noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- Boreas
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Cervin
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noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- bovine
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noun,
a bovine animal.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- Bicorn
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noun,
bicorne.
- revise
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noun,
an act of revising.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- bivane
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noun,
a sensitive vane that measures both the horizontal and vertical components of wind direction.
- Bienne
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noun,
Lake of, a lake in NW Switzerland: traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. 16 sq. mi. (41 sq. km).
- encore
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Severn
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noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
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noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- envies
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noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- servo-
-
- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Servia
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noun,
former name of Serbia.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- bonaci
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- sienna
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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)
- sarco-
-
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- eonian
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adjective,
aeonian.
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- boners
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noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Bonnes
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noun,
a maid-servant.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- Bonnie
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noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- bonsai
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noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- enrobe
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- braces
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noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cannes
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- Savoie
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noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Connie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- canner
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noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- corvee
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noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- corves
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noun,
plural of corf.
- carbo-
-
- ceibas
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noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Savior
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noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- Cairns
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noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- COSINE
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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.
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- carbon
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noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- covens
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noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Corbin
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noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- carven
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adjective,
carved.
- Carson
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noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Caribs
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noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- cavern
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noun,
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
- cavers
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noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- cavies
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- C-bias
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noun,
grid bias.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- serbo-
-
- Serbia
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noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- brevi-
-
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- bravos
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- Brasov
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brains
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Sennar
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noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- covers
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noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Covina
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Craven
-
noun,
a coward.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- sacro-
-
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- novena
-
noun,
a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services.
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- venins
-
noun,
any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- Venice
-
noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- invars
-
- vario-
-
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- Vannes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Morbihan, in NW France.
- avoir.
-
- vanner
-
noun,
the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- inborn
-
adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- vicars
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- voices
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- Nevins
-
noun,
Allan, 1890–1971, U.S. historian.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Vinson
-
noun,
Frederick Moore, 1890–1953, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1946–53.
- aboves
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- vincas
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- necro-
-
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- Vienne
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- Vienna
-
noun,
German Wien. a port in and the capital of Austria, in the NE part, on the Danube.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- narco-
-
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- aniso-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Vernon
-
noun,
Edward ("Old Grog") 1684–1757, British admiral.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- vesica
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bladder.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- vibro-
-
- aeron.
-
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Banner
-
noun,
the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- evince
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- bevies
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Benoni
-
noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- Beaver
-
noun,
a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ovisac
-
noun,
a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- bennes
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- nears
-
- 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.).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- nano-
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- nona-
-
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Nevin
-
noun,
Ethelbert Woodbridge, 1862–1901, U.S. composer.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Nebr.
-
- NoibN
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, 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.
- Conn.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- econ.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- incr.
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Invar
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- over-
-
- icons
-
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- incor
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Nabis
-
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Iran.
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- evens
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- reni-
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- baro-
-
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- BCerE
-
- bavin
-
noun,
a piece of kindling wood.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Basov
-
noun,
Nikolai Gennadiyevich [nyi-kuh-lahy gyi-nah-dyi-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ gyɪˈnɑ dyɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2001, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1964.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Banon
-
noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- banns
-
noun,
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Bevan
-
noun,
Aneurin [uh-nahy-ruh n] /əˈnaɪ rən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, British political leader: minister of health 1945–50.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Bevin
-
noun,
Ernest, 1881–1951, British labor leader: foreign minister 1941–51.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Sino-
-
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- benne
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Benin
-
noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vari-
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- vibes
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- vice-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- vino-
-
- above
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- vocab
-
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- avers
-
- venin
-
noun,
any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- vaso-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- veni-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- areo-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- 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.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anon.
-
- anniv
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- 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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- sebi-
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- carb-
-
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- breve
-
noun,
a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Seric
-
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- Bonns
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- bravo
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- brave
-
noun,
a brave person.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- sero-
-
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- ScBE
-
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- vers
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- 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.
- Visc
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Veno
-
- Nov.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Rev.
-
- nos-
-
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- voc.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NIRA
-
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Sab.
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- serv
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SBIC
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nor.
-
- Vic.
-
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- vin-
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- non-
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- NRAB
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sra.
-
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sec.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RONA
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RNAS
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Soni
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- 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.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- ovi-
-
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- var.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Ven.
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- 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.
- OEEC
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- sci.
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- obs.
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scr.
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- vas-
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- BSIR
-
- BSNA
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cav.
-
- BSEE
-
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEc
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- BSCE
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brev
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- 1080
-
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- BSAE
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cir.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- eco-
-
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cor.
-
- civ.
-
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- conv
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ann.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- 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.
- ance
-
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ave.
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- bio-
-
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- avn.
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- BRCS
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bar.
-
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- BASc
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- cis-
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- neo-
-
- Inc.
-
- inv.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- ICAO
-
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEbn
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NEbE
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nav.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- inae
-
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ISBN
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Neve
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noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- ins.
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- iso-
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Ban
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noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- SVR
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- SVC
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Bai
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noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Br.
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- BAO
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noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- BAS
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- NRC
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- NRA
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- Sr.
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- Bac
-
- nr.
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- SRB
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- NSA
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NSC
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- ISR
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- 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).
- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ISV
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- Bn.
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- BNS
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- boa
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noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ise
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Bon
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- obv
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adverb,
obviously:
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
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- ISA
-
- OCS
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- Esc
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- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- BIE
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- Bav
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- vs.
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- BCS
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- BEA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ob.
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- bec
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- BEE
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noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Oc.
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- OSA
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- Ben
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noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- OBE
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- OSB
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
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- BeV
-
- bi-
-
- Bia
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Va.
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- a-v
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- V-1
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noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- AIC
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- vie
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ACV
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- ae.
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- AEC
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- NNE
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Via
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- NOC
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ANC
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- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ACS
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- abv
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- NEC
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- av.
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- Von
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preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- ab-
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- ac-
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- VOA
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- vo.
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- an.
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- Ar.
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- vis
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noun,
strength; force; power.
- NES
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- ABC
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noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Abe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- NIA
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- VIR
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noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- abn
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- Abo
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- V-2
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noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Avi
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- ASN
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ASV
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- oic
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- AVC
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Avo
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noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- vb.
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- NAB
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verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- BCE
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- VAN
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noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- be-
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- NCO
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- BSC
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- VAC
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noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- Nan
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noun,
naan.
- VCR
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- aor
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- arb
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noun,
an arbitrager.
- NEB
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- NEA
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- Ver
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- ne-
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- NBS
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- Vee
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noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- NbE
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- NBC
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- NBA
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- ARS
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- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- asb
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- ase
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- ASI
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- RNA
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- CSA
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CSO
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- CSR
-
- CVA
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- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
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- eo-
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ea.
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- ean
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- IAS
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- CRS
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- ROI
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OIr
-
- CNN
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- CNO
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- CNS
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- in.
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- ier
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- SRO
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- RSV
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- ib.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- RCS
-
- Re.
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- EbN
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- Ova
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noun,
plural of ovum.
- RCN
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Eve
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- REA
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- RCA
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- RBI
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- RBC
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- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ESR
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ese
-
- ERV
-
- ESA
-
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ics
-
- EIS
-
- IBN
-
- en-
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ene
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- env
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Co.
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- BSO
-
- BVA
-
- BVE
-
- ca.
-
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- CBE
-
- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cr.
-
- BSN
-
- cs.
-
- CVO
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
-
- 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 = .
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- IOC
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SCB
-
- ior
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CBS
-
- ons
-
- IRS
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- BRE
-
- IRO
-
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BSA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- BSE
-
- Ir.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- VOR
-
- SAR
-
- SBA
-
- CIB
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- ine
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CEO
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ose
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- sb.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orv
-
- ov-
-
- SAE
-
- SBE
-
- sc.
-
- CEA
-
- VI
-
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- RV
-
- S.
-
- VC
-
- SA
-
- SV
-
- VN
-
- NI
-
- B-
-
- AO
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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.
- BO
-
- V.
-
- BC
-
- EI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- OA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EV
-
- NV
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RN
-
- VR
-
- CV
-
- SN
-
- Eb
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- NC
-
- N.
-
- CE
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
-
- CB
-
- NB
-
- RC
-
- RO
-
- ic
-
- R.
-
- O.
-