Anagrams of instantaneous
Word instantaneous has
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that can be made by using the letters of instantaneous.
- astatines
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- intonates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- annotates
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- annuitant
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noun,
a person who receives an annuity.
- stannites
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- nauseants
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noun,
a nauseant agent.
- natations
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- sanitates
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- santonins
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- Antoninus
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noun,
Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius.
- nutations
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- sensation
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noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- estonians
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- tinstones
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noun,
cassiterite.
- sonatinas
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- neustons
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- annattos
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- Nuneaton
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noun,
a town in Warwickshire, central England, E of Birmingham.
- nunation
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noun,
the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- Anniston
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noun,
a city in E Alabama.
- annotate
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verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- nonsuits
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- sunstone
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noun,
a reddish variety of oligoclase feldspar, used as a gem, having a red and bright-yellow play of color.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- instants
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- nauseant
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noun,
a nauseant agent.
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- natation
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- stoutens
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verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- tannates
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noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- situates
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adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- nonissue
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noun,
a matter or issue of little or no interest or importance:
- satiates
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adjective,
satiated.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- soutanes
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noun,
a cassock.
- santonin
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- stannate
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noun,
a salt of a stannic acid.
- unstates
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- stannous
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adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- sinuates
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Ouessant
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noun,
French name of Ushant.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- intents
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noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- intens.
-
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- instant
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Tennant
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noun,
Smithson, 1761–1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- attunes
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verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- sonants
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- testons
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- sennits
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- tautens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- setouts
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noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- tetanus
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noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- teutons
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noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- sonatas
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noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- siennas
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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)
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- stouten
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verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- Taunton
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- Sunnite
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noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- outsits
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verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Statius
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noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- Susanna
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noun,
a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- steato-
-
- nutates
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verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- Stetson
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- suntans
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noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- Susanne
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noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- issuant
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adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- nannies
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noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Stinnes
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noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- tannate
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noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Susiana
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noun,
Elam.
- nasions
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- sanious
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adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- nauseas
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noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- neuston
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- outsets
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noun,
the beginning or start:
- tannins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- situate
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adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- tontine
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- anattos
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noun,
annatto.
- Antaeus
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noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- unisons
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- tonuses
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- antenna
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noun,
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- unseats
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- aeonian
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adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- anatine
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adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- unstate
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- tonneau
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Antoine
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- annatto
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- tunnies
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noun,
tuna1 .
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nautes
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noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- sunnas
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noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- suntan
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noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- astute
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adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- Sutton
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Susian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ninons
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noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- ansate
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adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- natant
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adjective,
swimming; floating.
- nausea
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noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- tasset
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noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- anuses
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noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- tauto-
-
- touses
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noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tauten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- taunts
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noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Tatius
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noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- tastes
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noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Antons
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noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Tanoan
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noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- taints
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tannin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- Nansen
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noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- Nantes
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tanist
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- nasion
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Nassau
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noun,
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
- nasute
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noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- suites
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- nation
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noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- stouts
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noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- suints
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sennas
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noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Santos
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noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- Saseno
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noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unseat
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- saunas
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sonnet
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noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setout
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- 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)
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Annona
-
noun,
any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Annona, native to tropical America, and grown for their edible fruits.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- aniso-
-
- anises
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- Tustin
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- outset
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- eosins
-
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.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Assuan
-
noun,
Aswan.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- assn.
-
- anat.
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tious
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Aust.
-
- asst.
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sones
-
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.
- seti-
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ation
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sines
-
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.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- 30-30
-
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- tonia
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- sanit
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- auto.
-
- Sans.
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Unit.
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- atto-
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- naso-
-
- ante-
-
- ASEAN
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- naut.
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- neut.
-
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- toti-
-
- 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.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- inst.
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tenn.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- Nanna
-
noun,
the wife of Balder.
- anti-
-
- nano-
-
- IATSE
-
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 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.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- noses
-
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.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- 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.
- annot
-
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Teut.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nona-
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- anon.
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- USNA
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Tues
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- uni-
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tonn
-
- ten.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- USIS
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tion
-
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Tit.
-
- Ste.
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- USIA
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Soni
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- 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.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 1080
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- asis
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- att.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- NTIA
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- est.
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NOAA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- IAEA
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- inae
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- eous
-
- int.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- ESIS
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- eso-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ins.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- ates
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Aus.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- aut-
-
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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 = .
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ant.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ANSI
-
- aet.
-
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Anas
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SASE
-
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- ann.
-
- osis
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Une
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- an.
-
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- USN
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- AAE
-
- en-
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- EIS
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAU
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- AIA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tue
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tu.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- TTS
-
- uti
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TSS
-
- ESA
-
- USO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TSI
-
- TIA
-
- TSE
-
- AOA
-
- ae.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ast
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ase
-
- UIT
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ATA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ean
-
- USA
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AOU
-
- eo-
-
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASN
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ASI
-
- uns
-
- AUA
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TNT
-
- UNO
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- IOU
-
- ESU
-
- OAU
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- ons
-
- STI
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OTS
-
- OAS
-
- OSA
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- NSU
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- NSA
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ote
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NNE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SNU
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- se-
-
- So.
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- Sus
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIA
-
- io-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Ia.
-
- ist
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- in.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOT
-
- 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.
- IUS
-
- 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 = .
- ITU
-
- eu-
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NES
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
- 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.
- AO
-
- EI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SU
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TT
-
- NI
-
- SN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- U.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- UI
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).