Anagrams of interacinous
Word interacinous has
1983 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of interacinous.
- reunionist
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noun,
a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- insouciant
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adjective,
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- centurions
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- 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.
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- 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.
- tenacious
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adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- nocturnes
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- triecious
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adjective,
trioecious.
- runcinate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- ruination
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noun,
the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- centurion
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- insurance
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- insinuate
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verb (used with object),
to suggest or hint slyly:
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- neurotics
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- incursion
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noun,
a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid:
- intrusion
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noun,
an act or instance of intruding.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- 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.
- incaution
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noun,
lack of caution; heedlessness; carelessness.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- truancies
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noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- continues
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- countries
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noun,
a state or nation:
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- Cointreau
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- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- uncinate
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adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- 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.
- incisure
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noun,
a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- 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.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- 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).
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- counter-
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- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- 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.
- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- sciurine
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adjective,
of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- curtains
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- nocturne
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- nocturns
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noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Unionist
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- intrans.
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- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- unirenic
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- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- Anicetus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- cerato-
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- nonuser
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- isation
-
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- norites
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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.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- sterno-
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- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centro-
-
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- nocturn
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noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- centri-
-
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- actino-
-
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- cranio-
-
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- 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.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- contra-
-
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- nuncios
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- stearo-
-
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- cuisine
-
noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- constr.
-
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Ictinus
-
noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- Austro-
-
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- antero-
-
- iatrics
-
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- arseno-
-
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- 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.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- neutro-
-
- 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.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- 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.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- aristo-
-
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- 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.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- intens.
-
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- 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.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- inter.
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- itious
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- intra-
-
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- narco-
-
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- intro.
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- 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.
- cteno-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- neuro-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- 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).
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- 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.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- 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:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- 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.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- tauro-
-
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- tarso-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- nitro-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- steno-
-
- 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).
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- 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.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- 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.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- iatro-
-
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- 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.
- 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.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- 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)
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- 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.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- 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.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- recti-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- scato-
-
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rectos
-
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urino-
-
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- aeron.
-
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- urano-
-
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- 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.
- aceto-
-
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- utero-
-
- 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.
- aceous
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- acious
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- actin-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- turco-
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sarco-
-
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sacro-
-
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- aniso-
-
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- contr.
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- nocti-
-
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- centi-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- centr-
-
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- contin
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- cerat-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sero-
-
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Seric
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- seti-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- sanit
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- naut.
-
- 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.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- naso-
-
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- 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.
- nano-
-
- octa-
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- 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.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- nears
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- 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.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- 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.
- sect.
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- 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).
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- sito-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nona-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- 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.).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- 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.
- noct-
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- nuci-
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- neut.
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- 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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- 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.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- neur-
-
- sarc-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Scot.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Sino-
-
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Recit
-
- 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.
- oste-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- 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.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- treas
-
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- cent.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- caus.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Conn.
-
- 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.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- annot
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anon.
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- uran-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Unit.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 30-30
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- acet-
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- actos
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- auto.
-
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- 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.
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Aust.
-
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- areo-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- UNCIO
-
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tears
-
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- teno-
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Tenn.
-
- Iran.
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- intr.
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- 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.
- 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.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- ician
-
- icons
-
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- tera-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Srta.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- ition
-
- tious
-
- istic
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Ecua.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- inst.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uni-
-
- 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.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- 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.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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.
- str.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- USIA
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USNA
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- uret
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- USTC
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- USRC
-
- Rus.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- uro-
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- USAR
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- uria
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Soni
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- USCA
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tRNA
-
- sur-
-
- scr.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- sci.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tonn
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sec.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sra.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tri-
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Sat.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tron
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- ten.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- taur
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- saur
-
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- eso-
-
- eous
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- est.
-
- Ens.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ICAO
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- enc.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- Ice.
-
- inae
-
- crat
-
- neo-
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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):
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- itis
-
- Inc.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- ious
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- Cres
-
- 1080
-
- 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).
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ano-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ANSI
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- atic
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ann.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ates
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Ceto
-
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- ator
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cet-
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RONA
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NTIA
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- RNAS
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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).
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- not-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Nor.
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Oct.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- out-
-
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- RIIA
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- Riis
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noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- oast
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noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- outs
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noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- nots
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noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- Tro
-
- Co.
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- ca.
-
- CAI
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- SAR
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- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- 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
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- NOC
-
- CEA
-
- CNS
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- cru
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noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- CRS
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- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- RCS
-
- Re.
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- sc.
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CNO
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- CNN
-
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tr.
-
- tra
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- rat
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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.
- CIE
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- CIA
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- RCA
-
- RCN
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- RCT
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- REA
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- CEO
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TSE
-
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ae.
-
- AEC
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- rte
-
- RTS
-
- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Uri
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noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AIC
-
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ure
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- RSE
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- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANC
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- ur-
-
- ROI
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- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- rt.
-
- urn
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noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- USO
-
- ac-
-
- uti
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- an.
-
- UTE
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noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Ar.
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- Uta
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noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- AUC
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- USN
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- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- USE
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noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
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- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- ACS
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- urs
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noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- uns
-
- TSI
-
- at.
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- CST
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- So.
-
- ASU
-
- SRO
-
- ATC
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
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- tun
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noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tui
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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.
- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ase
-
- UAR
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- RNA
-
- UNO
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- ANU
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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.
- aor
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- AOU
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- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- USA
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- Une
-
- ARS
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- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ARU
-
- unc
-
- Una
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UIT
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- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- CSR
-
- Cui
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noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CTA
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- IOU
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- ion
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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 = .
- OTC
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- OSA
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- ior
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- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Ios
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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.
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- IOT
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- Oc.
-
- IOC
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- Ir.
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- IRC
-
- NUS
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- IRO
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- IRS
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- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SUN
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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.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- STI
-
- OCR
-
- Ia.
-
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OCS
-
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ier
-
- OAS
-
- cte
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- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- OAU
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- ine
-
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ISA
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- ise
-
- ITU
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NRA
-
- NIA
-
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SNU
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NNE
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- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IUS
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NCO
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sr.
-
- NSA
-
- io-
-
- in.
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- eir
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- ec-
-
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ECA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ics
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- se-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ONR
-
- OTA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- OTS
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ote
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ot-
-
- tin
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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.
- ose
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ons
-
- 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.
- ONI
-
- TCS
-
- OIt
-
- ETO
-
- OIr
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- oic
-
- eu-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ESU
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- TCA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ESR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Esc
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- ic
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- i.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- TN
-
- AO
-
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
- RN
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CU
-
- RI
-
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RO
-
- O.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OA
-
- TC
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UC
-
- EI
-
- U.
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- t.
-
- RU
-
- SU
-
- NI
-
- S.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.