Anagrams of introgression
Word introgression has
930 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of introgression.
- sonorities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- sororities
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noun,
a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college.
- ironstones
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- signorinos
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- ignitrons
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- interrog.
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- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- sinistro-
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- seigniors
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- stirrings
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noun,
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- nitrogens
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- signorino
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- signories
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noun,
seigniory.
- ostringer
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noun,
astringer.
- nigrosine
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noun,
any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- stringers
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noun,
a person or thing that strings.
- songster
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noun,
a person who sings; a singer.
- stirring
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noun,
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
- ringtoss
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noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- nitroso-
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- rinsings
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nitrogen
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- ignitron
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- retiring
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- geronto-
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- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- Stringer
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noun,
a person or thing that strings.
- signiors
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noun,
signor.
- Ossining
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noun,
a town in SE New York, on the Hudson: the site of a state prison formerly known as Sing Sing.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- ringster
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noun,
a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- snorters
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ionogens
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noun,
any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- ironings
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- roosters
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- Stinnes
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noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- signors
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- nosings
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noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Grisons
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noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- ionogen
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noun,
any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- 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.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- singers
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- signior
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noun,
signor.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- signets
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- ironing
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- 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.
- isogons
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noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- insigne
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noun,
singular of insignia.
- ingests
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Negroni
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- intens.
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- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Igorots
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noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- 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.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- igniter
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- nonegos
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noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Torreon
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noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- grosser
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noun,
a commercial production, as a motion picture or record, that generates a large amount of income.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- seising
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noun,
seizing.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- sterno-
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- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- Gentoos
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noun,
a Hindu.
- 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.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genito-
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- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- risings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- stogies
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noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- 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.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- ringent
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adjective,
gaping.
- ringers
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noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- rinsing
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stooges
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noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- Rontgen
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noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- 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.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- stingos
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noun,
strong beer.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tigress
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noun,
a female tiger.
- egoists
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noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- trogons
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noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- engross
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verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- 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.
- nitro-
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- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- rising
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- tenson
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noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- risers
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noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- tonnes
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noun,
metric ton.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- roosts
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tennis
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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.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- snoots
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- Rosser
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noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- ronion
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noun,
ronyon.
- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Nernst
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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.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- isogon
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noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- torero
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- irreg.
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- rooter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- rotors
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noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Rogers
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noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- tonner
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- orogen
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noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- sennit
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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.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- ogress
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noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Onions
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noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- tinges
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noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- osteo-
-
- Oregon
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noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- signet
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Osiris
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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.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- origin
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noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- Tigris
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noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nonets
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- string
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- ringer
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noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- rigors
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noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nonego
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noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- senors
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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.
- retro-
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- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Renton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- no-one
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pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Sining
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noun,
Xining.
- norite
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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.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- singes
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noun,
a superficial burn.
- 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.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Singer
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- 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.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gonion
-
noun,
Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- sorgos
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- gooses
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- 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.
- 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.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- eroto-
-
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- 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.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- engin.
-
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- stego-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- genit.
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- instr.
-
- 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.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- inter.
-
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- intro.
-
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- inorg.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- restr
-
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- tono-
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- terr.
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ition
-
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- seti-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- trig.
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sero-
-
- 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.
- Regt.
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- stge.
-
- 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.
- engr.
-
- Tenn.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- 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.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- ento-
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- intr.
-
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- 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.
- erron
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- 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.
- 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.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- 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.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- 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.
- oste-
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- 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.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- noso-
-
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- noto-
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- sing.
-
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- 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.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- init.
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- 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.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- orig.
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- sito-
-
- Oreg.
-
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- gono-
-
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- inst.
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- onto-
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Soni
-
- Sig.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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).
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- str.
-
- ten.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- stg.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ste.
-
- 1080
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- ign.
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tonn
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- 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.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- 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.
- ergs
-
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- est.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eng.
-
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- tron
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- gon-
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- tri-
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gen.
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Reg.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- regr
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osis
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- org.
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ter.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nos-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Ont.
-
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tro
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- Tng
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- TGN
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- TSS
-
- STI
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ne-
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- 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:
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- ist
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- St.
-
- ESR
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ERT
-
- OGO
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- ite
-
- ISR
-
- oon
-
- GTS
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Ges
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- goi
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noun,
goy.
- goo
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noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Gor
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- got
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
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- gre
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- GSR
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- gt.
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- GTO
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- io-
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- ise
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- ier
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- gi.
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- in.
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- ine
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- ing
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- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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 = .
- ior
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- 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.
- IOT
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- Ir.
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- IRO
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- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOT
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- So.
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- SRO
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- se-
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EGO
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noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eo-
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- Sgt
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- Eg.
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EIS
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Sr.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
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- ss.
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- SSE
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- SSI
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- SSN
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- SSR
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- SST
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- eir
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- RTS
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- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
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- OSO
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- OSS
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- ot-
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- ote
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- OTS
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- Re.
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
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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.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- ROG
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSS
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- RSE
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- Rs.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- en-
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- RNR
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- gie
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noun,
gi.
- G.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- GN
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- RN
-
- SN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
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- TG
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- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SG
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- S.
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- RO
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- rg
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- RI
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- i.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
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- OG
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- O.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NI
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- NG
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- N.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- IG
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- R.
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