Anagrams of insubordinate
Word insubordinate has
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- in-and-outer
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noun,
a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- indurations
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noun,
the act of indurating.
- trade-union
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noun,
a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
- subordinate
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adjective,
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unstrained
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adjective,
not under strain or tension:
- in-and-out
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noun,
Manège. an obstacle consisting of two fences placed too far apart to be cleared in one jump and too close together to allow more than one or two strides between.
- eburnation
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noun,
an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- eruditions
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noun,
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
- induration
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noun,
the act of indurating.
- obituaries
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noun,
a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- boundaries
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noun,
something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- banditries
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noun,
the activities or practices of bandits.
- auditories
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noun,
an assembly of hearers; audience.
- inordinate
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adjective,
not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive:
- reunionist
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noun,
a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- Nabonidus
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noun,
died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- 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.
- subeditor
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noun,
a subordinate or junior editor.
- unstained
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adjective,
not stained or spotted; unsoiled.
- unstoried
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adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- Bannister
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noun,
banister.
- isobutane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- branniest
-
- erudition
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noun,
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
- insinuate
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verb (used with object),
to suggest or hint slyly:
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- urbanites
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- braunites
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- Indonesia
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noun,
East Indies (def 1).
- inundates
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- indusiate
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adjective,
having an indusium.
- inebriant
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noun,
an intoxicant.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- air-bound
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adjective,
stopped up by air.
- intrusion
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noun,
an act or instance of intruding.
- uraninite
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noun,
a mineral, probably originally uranium dioxide, UO 2 , but altered by radioactive decay, and usually containing uranium trioxide, lead, radium, and helium, occurring in several varieties, including pitchblende: the most important ore of uranium.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- annuities
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noun,
a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment.
- Bradenton
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noun,
a city in W Florida.
- tendinous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- disorient
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lose one's way:
- antinodes
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- saturniid
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- breadnuts
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noun,
the round, yellow or brown fruit of the ramon, Brosimum alicastrum, of the mulberry family, used, roasted or boiled, as a substitute for bread in the West Indies.
- brontides
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- danburite
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noun,
a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- turned-on
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adjective,
lively and chic; switched-on.
- sanbenito
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noun,
an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- 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.
- rendition
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noun,
the act of rendering.
- Bundesrat
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noun,
the upper house of the federal legislature of Germany.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- ruination
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noun,
the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
- dubonnets
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noun,
(lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- inurbane
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adjective,
not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- baudrons
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noun,
a cat.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- unbraids
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verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- inundate
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- noseband
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noun,
that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- Unionist
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- nudities
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noun,
the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
- intrans.
-
- unitards
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- bartends
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verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- audition
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noun,
a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- turbines
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- bandores
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- Iturbide
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noun,
Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- sideburn
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plural noun,
short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
- unbiased
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adjective,
not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- Ironside
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noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- nidation
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noun,
implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- binaries
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noun,
a whole composed of two.
- Bedouins
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- breadnut
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noun,
the round, yellow or brown fruit of the ramon, Brosimum alicastrum, of the mulberry family, used, roasted or boiled, as a substitute for bread in the West Indies.
- Dubonnet
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noun,
(lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- Brentano
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noun,
Franz, 1838–1917, German philosopher and psychologist.
- dourines
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- brionies
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noun,
bryony.
- douanier
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noun,
a customs officer or official.
- broadens
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- brontide
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- disunite
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verb (used with object),
to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- disunion
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noun,
a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- sanidine
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noun,
a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- dunnites
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noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- butanone
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noun,
methyl ethyl ketone.
- Tiberias
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noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tiberius
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noun,
(Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar) 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, Roman emperor 14–37.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- debonair
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adjective,
courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:
- denarius
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noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- deorbits
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- dinosaur
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noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- derision
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noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- Burnside
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noun,
Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the American Civil War.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- diatribe
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noun,
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:
- braunite
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- brandies
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noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- sourdine
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- inradius
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noun,
the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- Bernanos
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1948, French novelist and pamphleteer.
- triennia
-
noun,
a period of three years.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tribades
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- bination
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noun,
celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- inbounds
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adjective,
Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
- inboards
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- iberians
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noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- Brandeis
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noun,
Louis Dembitz [dem-bits] /ˈdɛm bɪts/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, U.S. lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916–39.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- duration
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noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- bountied
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adjective,
offering a bounty.
- bounders
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- endbrain
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noun,
the telencephalon.
- endurant
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adjective,
capable of enduring hardship, misfortune, or the like.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- Eridanus
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noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- Tiberian
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adjective,
of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- rebounds
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- resinoid
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- uredinia
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noun,
Mycology. the fruiting body of the rust fungi that bears urediospores.
- uranites
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- rotundas
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noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- Urbanist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- obtrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- Aidoneus
-
noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- aneurins
-
noun,
thiamine.
- urbanite
-
noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- redoubts
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Ratisbon
-
noun,
Regensburg.
- outdares
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- retinoid
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- uridines
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noun,
a ribonucleoside composed of ribose and uracil.
- adenitis
-
noun,
lymphadenitis.
- outsider
-
noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- Anderson
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noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- untreads
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- obsidian
-
noun,
a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- andirons
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noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- untidies
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adjective,
not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered:
- obdurate
-
adjective,
unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- outside
-
noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Rosebud
-
noun,
the bud of a rose.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- boranes
-
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 .
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- bonnets
-
noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- endrins
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Bonnard
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1867–1947, French painter.
- bonitas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enduros
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- stibine
-
noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- sterno-
-
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- insider
-
noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- innards
-
noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- Bernini
-
noun,
Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), or Gian [jahn] /dʒɑn/ (Show IPA), Lorenzo [luh-ren-zoh;; Italian law-ren-dzaw] /ləˈrɛn zoʊ;; Italian lɔˈrɛn dzɔ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1680, Italian sculptor, architect, and painter.
- Bernina
-
noun,
a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- indusia
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- benison
-
noun,
benediction.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- insured
-
noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- Beduins
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- Bedouin
-
noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- intens.
-
- tribune
-
noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- outdare
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- outride
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- Sorbian
-
noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- Iberian
-
noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- Bisitun
-
noun,
Behistun.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- outbids
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- biotins
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- inboard
-
noun,
an inboard motor.
- inbound
-
adjective,
inward bound:
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- binders
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- biennia
-
noun,
a period of two years.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- subarid
-
adjective,
moderately arid.
- durians
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- subedit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- burdens
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- redouts
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- bunnies
-
noun,
Informal. a rabbit, especially a small or young one.
- bundies
-
noun,
a time clock.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- redoubt
-
noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tedious
-
adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- diorite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- redbait
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- rebound
-
noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- detours
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- burnets
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- dabster
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- debitor
-
noun,
a debtor.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- debtors
-
noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- butanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- bustier
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- bustard
-
noun,
any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- deorbit
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- burtons
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- resound
-
verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- disrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- dunnite
-
noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- robands
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- Brandon
-
noun,
a city in SW Manitoba, in S central Canada.
- Brandes
-
noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- sunbird
-
noun,
any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- Dunstan
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
- brained
-
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.
- Durante
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- bradsot
-
noun,
braxy (def 1).
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- subtend
-
verb (used with object),
Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to:
- bournes
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- dustbin
-
noun,
an ashcan; garbage can.
- bounder
-
noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- bounden
-
adjective,
obligatory; compulsory:
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- suberin
-
noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- dunites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- disturb
-
verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- abounds
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- diurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- brunets
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Dobuans
-
noun,
Dobu.
- Tardieu
-
noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Donatus
-
noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- Broadus
-
noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- broaden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- Britain
-
noun,
Great Britain.
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- brinies
-
noun,
ocean.
- uridine
-
noun,
a ribonucleoside composed of ribose and uracil.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- readout
-
noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- duennas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- antero-
-
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- arseno-
-
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- nitride
-
noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- iridous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- nonsuit
-
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.
- androus
-
- unbends
-
verb (used with object),
to straighten from a bent form or position.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- bartend
-
verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- isation
-
- undines
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- turbine
-
noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- bandore
-
noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- bainite
-
noun,
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- unbinds
-
verb (used with object),
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- unboned
-
adjective,
lacking bones.
- Nairobi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- unbraid
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- bandies
-
noun,
an early form of tennis.
- Siberia
-
noun,
Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- nanduti
-
noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- sidebar
-
noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
-
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- Isidora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- unbated
-
adjective,
not abated; undiminished; unlessened.
- bausond
-
adjective,
(of animals) having white spots on a black or bay background; piebald.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- sandbur
-
noun,
any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Sanborn
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- bastide
-
noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- auditor
-
noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- obtunds
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- bastion
-
noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- aristo-
-
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Austro-
-
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- neutro-
-
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- obtrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- tarso-
-
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- dorsi-
-
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neuro-
-
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Dobuan
-
noun,
Dobu.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- debtor
-
noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- debuts
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- denti-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- 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.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- 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.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- Nubian
-
noun,
a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- distr.
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tauro-
-
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- Niobid
-
noun,
any of the children of Niobe.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- nitro-
-
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- deuto-
-
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- inbond
-
adjective,
composed mainly or entirely of headers (opposed to outbond).
- inborn
-
adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- irido-
-
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- 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.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- 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).
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- 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.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- iatro-
-
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- intro.
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- 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.
- serbo-
-
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Serbia
-
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.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- radio-
-
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- 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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Iturbi
-
noun,
José, 1895–1980, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Spain.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- steno-
-
- itious
-
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- aniso-
-
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Bridie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- trans.
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- austr-
-
- audio-
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- urano-
-
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- andro-
-
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- turbo-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- biotin
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- aeron.
-
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- Bordet
-
noun,
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent [zhyl zhahn ba-teest van-sahn] /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- unborn
-
adjective,
not yet born; yet to come; future:
- 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.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- boudin
-
noun,
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Bonnes
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- Bonnet
-
noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- Bonnie
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- bonsai
-
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.
- arsen-
-
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- under-
-
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- brains
-
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.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- astro-
-
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- astron
-
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- unbind
-
verb (used with object),
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- unbent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- unbend
-
verb (used with object),
to straighten from a bent form or position.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Bardot
-
noun,
Brigitte (Camille Javal) born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Benoni
-
noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- bunton
-
noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- Bunsen
-
noun,
Robert Wilhelm [rob-ert wil-helm;; German roh-bert vil-helm] /ˈrɒb ərt ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1811–99, German chemist.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- Benton
-
noun,
Thomas Hart ("Old Bullion") 1782–1858, U.S. political leader.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- adeno-
-
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- bunion
-
noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- bundts
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- Beduin
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- abound
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- barit.
-
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- urino-
-
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- bestud
-
verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- adreno
-
- adren-
-
- Banner
-
noun,
the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
- utero-
-
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tribo-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Danube
-
noun,
a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- nitr-
-
- astr.
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- baro-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- irid-
-
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- 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.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Ninib
-
noun,
Ninurta.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Bart.
-
- Nabis
-
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- naso-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- ition
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- banns
-
noun,
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Banon
-
noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- auto.
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- 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.
- Sibiu
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- nano-
-
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- naut.
-
- tubi-
-
- ation
-
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Sino-
-
- neur-
-
- 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.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- neut.
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Aust.
-
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- nears
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- sebi-
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Nebr.
-
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- 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.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nudi-
-
- 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.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- 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.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- 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.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- 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).
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- aden-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- retd.
-
- utend
-
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- abstr
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- 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.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- uran-
-
- 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.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Unit.
-
- areo-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- 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.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- NoibN
-
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- 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.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- sanit
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ordn.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Obad.
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- obdt.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- obiit
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- OBrit
-
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anon.
-
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- annot
-
- oidea
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- sito-
-
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- tonia
-
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Brit.
-
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- 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.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- dunno
-
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- 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.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- 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.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- teno-
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Tenn.
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Deut.
-
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Bunns
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- tious
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- dist.
-
- tears
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- BSRet
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- Bonns
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- IATSE
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- ibid.
-
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- 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.
- inst.
-
- 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.
- Bennu
-
noun,
Benu.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Euro-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- 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.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- 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.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- ideo-
-
- idio-
-
- intr.
-
- Indo-
-
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- idion
-
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- 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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- biont
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- treas
-
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Srta.
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- 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.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- 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.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- endo-
-
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- ento-
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- 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.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- estab
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- USNA
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tRNA
-
- Tues
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- USIA
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- ten.
-
- TRIB
-
- rit.
-
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- trid
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Rida
-
- RONA
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RNAS
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ter.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- uret
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- uro-
-
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- RIIA
-
- tron
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- uria
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USDA
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- USAR
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tion
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- 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.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- saur
-
- Sab.
-
- std.
-
- tonn
-
- 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.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- sur-
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sra.
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- tab.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- stbd
-
- 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.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sat.
-
- str.
-
- SATB
-
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- uni-
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sub-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Ste.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- tri-
-
- taur
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- TODS
-
- 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.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tob.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Soni
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 1080
-
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Eur.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bin-
-
- est.
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Ind.
-
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- IADB
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- bet.
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- eso-
-
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- 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.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- EDTA
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Esd.
-
- Ens.
-
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- eous
-
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- idae
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- 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.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- iso-
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- bar.
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- 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.”.
- ious
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- inae
-
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- 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.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- IndE
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- BDSA
-
- BDes
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- dis-
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bus.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- dir.
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Bur.
-
- Dino
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Buna
-
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- BSRT
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- but-
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- deb.
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- Din.
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- bot.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- BSOT
-
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- BSNA
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- BSIT
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- BSIR
-
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- BSIE
-
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- BSAE
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- BAEd
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ann.
-
- Odus
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- 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.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AISI
-
- Ont.
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- AInd
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- ord.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- NTIA
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- 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).
- aet.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- OSRD
-
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- out-
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- abs-
-
- RIBA
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- NTSB
-
- 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.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- 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).
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ator
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- 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.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- neo-
-
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- aut-
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEbn
-
- aud.
-
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- NASD
-
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- NRAB
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- TSI
-
- USO
-
- bu.
-
- TSE
-
- TID
-
- DBE
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- BTE
-
- ab-
-
- ad-
-
- BST
-
- abt
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- USN
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- tue
-
- USB
-
- abd
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- Br.
-
- DSO
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- an.
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- USR
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- 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.
- be-
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- DAE
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- ASN
-
- ADB
-
- 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.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- UNO
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- ard
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- uns
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ASR
-
- Bn.
-
- ASI
-
- BNS
-
- ast
-
- ase
-
- BIE
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- asb
-
- ARU
-
- ARS
-
- Une
-
- ASU
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- TNB
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- UAR
-
- BSE
-
- Bde
-
- ae.
-
- BDA
-
- BSA
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ure
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- USA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BRE
-
- ur-
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tro
-
- UIT
-
- UAE
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- 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.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- BSD
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- DAR
-
- SBA
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NNE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- sb.
-
- SBE
-
- SAR
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Bt.
-
- 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:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OSD
-
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- ob.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- nr.
-
- SAE
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NSU
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- NIA
-
- NES
-
- So.
-
- ITA
-
- TIA
-
- IUS
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- IUD
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ist
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- SED
-
- NDE
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NAD
-
- NbE
-
- NBA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SRO
-
- sd.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Re.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rd.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- OTA
-
- RNA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- RBI
-
- OTB
-
- ot-
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- oid
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OIr
-
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- OAS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- OIt
-
- ose
-
- RSE
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- IRO
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TBO
-
- eo-
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ead
-
- ean
-
- IOU
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- di.
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EdB
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- eir
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- en-
-
- STI
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DNB
-
- DNR
-
- DOB
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Doi
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- DSA
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TBA
-
- TBD
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- Tbi
-
- Du.
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- DUI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EIS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- DET
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDB
-
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ITU
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ier
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SNU
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- STB
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- DEA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- de-
-
- ETO
-
- DNA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DBS
-
- SRB
-
- DBA
-
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Sr.
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- id.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DB
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- D.
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- SU
-
- DN
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- UI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Ud
-
- UB
-
- U.
-
- i.
-
- B-
-
- BO
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NB
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TN
-
- RU
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Eb
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
-
- SA
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- N.
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