Anagrams of intercession
Word intercession has
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- secretions
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- resections
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- insistence
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noun,
the act or fact of insisting.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- Isenstein
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noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the home of Brunhild in Isenland.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- recisions
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- sinistro-
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- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- 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.
- societies
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noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- 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.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- 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.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- consents
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- Sorensen
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noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- incenses
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- 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.
- sections
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- incisors
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- 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.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- tocsins
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- sterno-
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- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- intens.
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- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- Stinnes
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noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incises
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- Essonne
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noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- introns
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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.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- entero-
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- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- 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).
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- 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).
- stereo-
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- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- censors
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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.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
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- centro-
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- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- consist
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noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- sennits
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sennets
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- citrons
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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.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- 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.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- corsets
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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.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- oneness
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noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Inness
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noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steno-
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- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- irones
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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.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- steres
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- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instr.
-
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rosins
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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.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- inter.
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- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- insect
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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.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- intro.
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- intron
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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.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- necro-
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- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- nitro-
-
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rectos
-
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- recti-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- 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.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- senors
-
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.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- torses
-
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.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- 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.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cosets
-
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.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- 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.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cross-
-
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- contr.
-
- contin
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- cteno-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- escent
-
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- 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.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- centr-
-
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Seric
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Cons.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- oste-
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- seti-
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 30-30
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Scot.
-
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cores
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- 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.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Conn.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- cert.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cero-
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- 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: ¢.
- sect.
-
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Recit
-
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- cent.
-
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- reni-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- incr.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- istic
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- Tenn.
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- icons
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- inst.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ster.
-
- sero-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- intr.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noct-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- incor
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nitr-
-
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- 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.).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sino-
-
- sito-
-
- econ.
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tonn
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- str.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sec.
-
- ten.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sers
-
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).
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- scr.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Soni
-
- tion
-
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sics
-
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).
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tri-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ter.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 1080
-
- sci.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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):
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- non-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- enc.
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ence
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- neo-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- Cres
-
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nor.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- eco-
-
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- 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 = .
- eso-
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Ice.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ens.
-
- NCTE
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ESIS
-
- ISSN
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- iso-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Inc.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cen.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cir.
-
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Ceto
-
- cit.
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- cet-
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cene
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ont.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cort
-
- Co.
-
- io-
-
- CEO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ics
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Tro
-
- ETS
-
- TCS
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ese
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ETR
-
- ct.
-
- ETO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Esc
-
- CNO
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ec-
-
- CNS
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EEC
-
- ERT
-
- EEO
-
- CNN
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- tr.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- en-
-
- CIE
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eo-
-
- SSC
-
- ier
-
- OIr
-
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- TSS
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- 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).
- ote
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- in.
-
- nr.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ot-
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NOC
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- SCS
-
- se-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OTS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NRC
-
- ss.
-
- ior
-
- ist
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ISR
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sc.
-
- SSE
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IRC
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- IOT
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ir.
-
- IRS
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NES
-
- NNE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- STI
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- NCO
-
- IRO
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- RO
-
- CE
-
- S.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TN
-
- SN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- NI
-
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NC
-
- N.
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .