Anagrams of invigorates
Word invigorates has
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- invigorate
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verb (used with object),
to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- originates
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- originate
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- gravities
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noun,
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- vintagers
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- ravigotes
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- rigatonis
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- grievants
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grivation
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noun,
grid variation.
- vintages
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noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- ovaritis
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noun,
oophoritis.
- 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.
- grievant
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- argento-
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- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- virgates
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- vintager
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- ravigote
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- vanities
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noun,
excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- viragoes
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- graviton
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noun,
the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- vestigia
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- revision
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noun,
the act or work of revising.
- Gonaives
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- vitrains
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- vinegars
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noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- rigatoni
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- vertigos
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- vitrines
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- ivories
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noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- ventri-
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- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- isogriv
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noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points of uniform grid variation.
- stearo-
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- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- vertigo
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- Gervais
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
- Nigeria
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- 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.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- vesting
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noun,
cloth that is usually of medium or heavy weight and has figures or ridges, as piqué, jacquard, dobby silk, or Bedford cord, originally used for decorative vests and now also for a variety of other garments.
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- versant
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- sterno-
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- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- veritas
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noun,
truth.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- 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.
- ventro-
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- rovings
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noun,
a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
- vagino-
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- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- governs
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verb (used with object),
to rule over by right of authority:
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gastro-
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- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- 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.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- travois
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noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- 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.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genito-
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- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- gravies
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noun,
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- isation
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- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- 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:
- tearing
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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.
- invites
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noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- 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.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- grivets
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noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- Avertin
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- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- raising
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noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- visitor
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noun,
a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- serving
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that serves.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- Vitoria
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-th ees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈðis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1546, Spanish scholar and theologian.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Argovie
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noun,
French name of Aargau.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- virgate
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- ravings
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noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- viragos
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- virions
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noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- Segovia
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noun,
Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1893–87, Spanish guitarist.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- antero-
-
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- signior
-
noun,
signor.
- vintage
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noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- rivages
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noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- vitrine
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- arseno-
-
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- vitrain
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- vinegar
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noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- aristo-
-
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- 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.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- givens
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noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- Tigris
-
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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Groves
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noun,
Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, U.S. general.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- goaves
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noun,
plural of goaf.
- groats
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noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ignite
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- iatro-
-
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- roving
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noun,
a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- grano-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- saving
-
noun,
a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:
- govern
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over by right of authority:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- grani-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- 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.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- 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.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- 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.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Greats
-
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- rivage
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Gonave
-
noun,
Also called Gonâve Island. an island in the Gulf of Gonaïves, in W Haiti. 287 sq. mi. (743 sq. km).
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- graven
-
verb,
a past participle of grave3 .
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- steno-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Signor
-
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.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- stego-
-
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- nitro-
-
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- servo-
-
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- navig.
-
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- invite
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving
-
noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- intro.
-
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inorg.
-
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Strega
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Irving
-
noun,
Sir Henry (John Henry Brodribb) 1838–1905, English actor.
- Irvine
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- invars
-
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- virgos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- vigias
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- virgas
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Virgin
-
noun,
a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- vigors
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- virion
-
noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- vegans
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- visage
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- agron.
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
-
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- vario-
-
- angio-
-
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argive
-
noun,
a native of Argos.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Erving
-
noun,
Julius Winfield ("Dr. J") born 1950, U.S. basketball player.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- 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.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- virago
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aniso-
-
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Visine
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Genova
-
noun,
Italian name of Genoa.
- vision
-
noun,
the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- astron
-
- avoir.
-
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- ventr-
-
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- aeron.
-
- astro-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- genit.
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- V-sign
-
noun,
a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- trans.
-
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- orig.
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ative
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- ation
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vini-
-
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Oreg.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- nitr-
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sing.
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- ogive
-
noun,
Architecture.
a diagonal vaulting rib.
a pointed arch.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Sino-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Srta.
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Vigor
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- 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.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- vigia
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- vigas
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- astr.
-
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- over-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- agro-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- 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.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- reni-
-
- sanit
-
- 30-30
-
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- aeri-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- vogie
-
adjective,
conceited; proud.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- sero-
-
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- areo-
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- seti-
-
- vino-
-
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- Virgo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- virga
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- 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.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- vari-
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- invt.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ergo-
-
- 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.
- Invar
-
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- vangs
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- 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.
- engr.
-
- Gavin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tears
-
- gains
-
- treas
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- trig.
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- teno-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- 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.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Govt.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- init.
-
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tangs
-
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- 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.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naso-
-
- stge.
-
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- veni-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- avers
-
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- ster.
-
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- 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.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- nears
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- vegan
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- Evang
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- vaso-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- 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.
- 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.
- tonia
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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).
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- ition
-
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Given
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tera-
-
- tion
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sat.
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- trav
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tri-
-
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Soni
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- viga
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- Vat.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Ven.
-
- str.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- vers
-
- stg.
-
- vet.
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Sra.
-
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Veno
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Virg
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Ste.
-
- serv
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tron
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- ten.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Vigo
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- vas-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- vin-
-
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- var.
-
- vang
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sig.
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- ign.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nav.
-
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ergs
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- itis
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- 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.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- neo-
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nov.
-
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- ator
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Ave.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- 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):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- avn.
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- avg.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- NTIA
-
- Gen.
-
- gon-
-
- geo-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- 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.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Gov.
-
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- Ger.
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gres
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- 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.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- 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.
- inv.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- eso-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- est.
-
- inae
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ates
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- agr.
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Rev.
-
- 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.
- agst
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aire
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- aet.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- RNAS
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- agit
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- AISI
-
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ant.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ANSI
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- ovi-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ont.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- art.
-
- ano-
-
- org.
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ARS
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- a-v
-
- ase
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Avi
-
- ASI
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ATV
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- tr.
-
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- tra
-
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- Ges
-
- VOR
-
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- ASN
-
- VOA
-
- vo.
-
- ae.
-
- ASV
-
- VGA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- ETS
-
- gi.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- at.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- aor
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- vs.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- env
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ANG
-
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- ean
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ver
-
- Ga.
-
- evg
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Tro
-
- ETV
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- EGO
-
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.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- Eg.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- eo-
-
- ea.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- ESR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- Agt
-
- ESA
-
- 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.
- TVA
-
- ERV
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Va.
-
- ERT
-
- RSA
-
- GeV
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NRA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- Orv
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- STI
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ose
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- SAR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- ROI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSV
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- se-
-
- ot-
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- ov-
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Sgt
-
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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).
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- REA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ior
-
- ing
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- 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 = .
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Gr.
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gre
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- Ir.
-
- Tng
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ine
-
- in.
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- TGN
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- TIA
-
- GTS
-
- TGV
-
- 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.
- GTO
-
- RSE
-
- gt.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- GSR
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- GSA
-
- io-
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- ITA
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- STV
-
- 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.
- SVR
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ite
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- 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.
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- Goa
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noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ISR
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
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- TN
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- rg
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- AO
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
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- SA
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- SG
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- VN
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- RO
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- GN
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
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- NV
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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.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- OA
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- TG
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- EV
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- SV
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- NI
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- NG
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- OG
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- VR
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- G.
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- RN
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- RI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- IG
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- VI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TV
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noun,
television.
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- SN
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- VG
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- EI
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