Anagrams of kinematograph
Word kinematograph has
2280 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of kinematograph.
- kinetograph
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noun,
a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- ropemaking
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noun,
the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- anemograph
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noun,
a recording anemometer.
- phanerogam
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noun,
any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- paragonite
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noun,
a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- grahamite
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noun,
an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- operating
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adjective,
used or engaged in performing operations:
- orphanage
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noun,
an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- theomania
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noun,
a delusional mental illness in which a person believes himself or herself to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
- pentagram
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noun,
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- morganite
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noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- Pomerania
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noun,
a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- parathion
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noun,
a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 10 H 14 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
- omnigraph
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noun,
a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- ametropia
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noun,
faulty refraction of light rays by the eye, as in astigmatism or myopia.
- mothering
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noun,
the nurturing of an infant or small child by its mother.
- patronage
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noun,
the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- integraph
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noun,
integrator (def 2).
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- aragonite
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noun,
a mineral, orthorhombic calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , chemically identical with calcite but differing in crystallization and in having a higher specific gravity and less marked cleavage.
- marketing
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noun,
the act of buying or selling in a market.
- Tokharian
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noun,
Tocharian.
- Parthenia
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noun,
an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- agreation
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noun,
the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- nightmare
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noun,
a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- hektogram
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noun,
hectogram.
- matronage
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noun,
the state of being a matron.
- ptarmigan
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noun,
any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having feathered feet.
- marginate
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adjective,
having a margin.
- perianth
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noun,
the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- Harmonia
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noun,
the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- hapteron
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noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- teraphim
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plural noun,
idols or images reverenced by the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples, apparently as household gods.
- tragopan
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noun,
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- parament
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noun,
a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- magneto-
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- graphite
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noun,
a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- Rhaetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- Marathon
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noun,
a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. 385 yards (42 km 195 meters).
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- germano-
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- Germania
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noun,
an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- paginate
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verb (used with object),
to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
- gematria
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noun,
a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- Grampian
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noun,
a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- metaphor
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noun,
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”.
Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- man-trap
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noun,
an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- heptagon
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noun,
a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- 11-point
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- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- haemato-
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- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- hepatoma
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noun,
a tumor of the liver.
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- tramping
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noun,
hiking, especially on trails having huts at regular intervals for hikers to use overnight.
- atheroma
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noun,
a sebaceous cyst.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- pathname
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noun,
the sequence of symbols and names indicating the location of a particular file in a hierarchical file system.
- pathogen
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noun,
any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- morphine
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noun,
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 19 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Parthian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- apothegm
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noun,
a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism.
- Horatian
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adjective,
of or relating to Horace.
- aphanite
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noun,
a fine-grained igneous rock having such compact texture that the constituent minerals cannot be detected with the naked eye.
- Armitage
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noun,
Kenneth, 1916–2002, English sculptor.
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- anthrop.
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- earthman
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noun,
a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- egomania
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noun,
psychologically abnormal egotism.
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- ingather
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verb (used with object),
to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- thermion
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noun,
an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- Potemkin
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noun,
Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- argento-
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- agminate
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adjective,
aggregated together.
- keratoma
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noun,
keratosis.
- megaton
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noun,
one million tons.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- thermo-
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- genito-
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- tanager
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- Mohegan
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noun,
a member of a group of Pequot Indians that broke with the Pequot and then fought against them in the Pequot War.
- parting
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- tampion
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- thinker
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noun,
a person who thinks, as in a specified way or manner:
- garpike
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noun,
gar1 .
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- georama
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noun,
an encompassingly large, hollow globe on the inside of which is depicted a map of the earth's surface, to be viewed by a spectator within the globe.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Parthia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.
- moniker
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noun,
a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- tapeman
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- mintage
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- migrate
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- migrant
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- take-in
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noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- thanage
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noun,
the tenure by which lands were held by a thane.
- Ephrata
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noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- Marathi
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noun,
an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
- mitogen
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noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- 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.
- tangram
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- Tarpeia
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noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- Ethanim
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noun,
a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar. I Kings 8:2.
- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- at-home
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noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- metaph.
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- Athenai
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noun,
Greek name of Athens.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- Taphiae
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a group of islands in the Ionian Sea.
- gahnite
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noun,
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- gameto-
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- athanor
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noun,
a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.
- Menorah
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noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- tankage
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noun,
the capacity of a tank or tanks.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Ephraim
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noun,
the younger son of Joseph. Gen. 41:52.
- epigram
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- gherkin
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noun,
the small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling.
- homager
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noun,
a vassal.
- rampage
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noun,
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- rampant
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adjective,
violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- rampike
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noun,
a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- pitanga
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noun,
Surinam cherry.
- Honiara
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Solomon Islands, N Guadalcanal.
- kineto-
-
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- Hokiang
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noun,
Older Spelling. Hejiang.
- ramenta
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noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- piranha
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noun,
any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
- kithara
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noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- Pinkham
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noun,
Lydia (Estes) 1819–83, U.S. businesswoman: manufactured patent medicine.
- hetaira
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noun,
hetaera.
- hernio-
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- hepato-
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- heparin
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noun,
Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- pikeman
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noun,
a soldier armed with a pike.
- khanate
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noun,
the area governed by a khan.
- ramekin
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noun,
a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- hematin
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noun,
Biochemistry. heme.
- Katrine
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noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- Kampong
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noun,
a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
- primage
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- Karaite
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noun,
a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- porting
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noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- Katrina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- Portage
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noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Kenitra
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noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- ragtime
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- keratin
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- kerato-
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- hemato-
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- pigment
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noun,
a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- grapho-
-
- 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.
- granita
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noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- partake
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verb (used with object),
to take or have a part in; share.
- Grahame
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noun,
Kenneth, 1859–1932, Scottish writer, especially of children's stories.
- Margate
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noun,
a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
- Mankato
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noun,
a city in S Minnesota, on the Minnesota River.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- phaeton
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noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- go-kart
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noun,
kart.
- petrog.
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- marking
-
noun,
a mark, or a number or pattern of marks:
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- gripman
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- hearing
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noun,
the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- magnet-
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- phreno-
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- phrenia
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- phorate
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- harping
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noun,
any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Magenta
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noun,
fuchsin.
- phonate
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verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- rethink
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noun,
the act of reconsidering.
- magnate
-
noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- Rhaetia
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noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
- gripmen
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- hanaper
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noun,
a wicker receptacle for documents.
- Hampton
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noun,
Lionel, 1908–2002, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
- Mahonia
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noun,
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.
- Rhetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- haemat-
-
- maintop
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- manager
-
noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- Manetho
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noun,
flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- phantom
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- gateman
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- anthema
-
noun,
exanthema.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Agathon
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noun,
c450–c400 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- paragon
-
noun,
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence:
Synonyms: ideal, standard, epitome, quintessence; example, exemplar, paradigm.
- parking
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- pageant
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noun,
an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats.
- Agriope
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noun,
Eurydice.
- aphonia
-
noun,
loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- aphemia
-
noun,
a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.
- angioma
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- Aorangi
-
noun,
Cook, Mount.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- ape-man
-
noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Paoting
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoding.
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- trigone
-
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.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- Panther
-
noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- trangam
-
noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- amphora
-
noun,
a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- Anaheim
-
noun,
a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Parkman
-
noun,
Francis, 1823–93, U.S. historian.
- antero-
-
- trepang
-
noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- Amphion
-
noun,
a son of Antiope by Zeus, and the husband of Niobe. With his twin brother, Zethus, he built the walls of Thebes, charming the stones into place with his lyre.
- nametag
-
noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nephro-
-
- ornith-
-
- nemato-
-
- Ahriman
-
noun,
Angra Mainyu.
- apothem
-
noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- grano-
-
- phagia
-
- phago-
-
- aeron.
-
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- grani-
-
- grampa
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Amathi
-
noun,
Amittai.
- Granth
-
noun,
the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
- nemat-
-
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- Khotan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Hotan.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- khatri
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a Hindu mercantile caste alleged to originate with the Kshatriyas.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- Manoah
-
noun,
the father of Samson. Judges 13.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Khania
-
noun,
Greek name of Canea.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- Gotama
-
noun,
Buddha.
- Pohang
-
noun,
a port city in SE South Korea.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- kerat-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Markan
-
adjective,
Marcan.
- Market
-
noun,
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- amphi-
-
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- petro-
-
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martha
-
noun,
the sister of Mary and Lazarus. Luke 10:38–42; John 11:1–44.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- takahe
-
noun,
notornis.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Rahman
-
noun,
Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- iatro-
-
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- Graham
-
noun,
Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- KERMIT
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gotham
-
noun,
a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Kerman
-
noun,
a city in SE Iran.
- amino-
-
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Gorham
-
noun,
a town in SW Maine.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- gopher
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Pahang
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- Pahari
-
noun,
one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- 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.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- Horgan
-
noun,
Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- nephr-
-
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- hogpen
-
noun,
pigpen (def 1).
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Korean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- hemat-
-
- he-man
-
noun,
a strong, tough, virile man.
- agron.
-
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- kirpan
-
noun,
a small dagger worn by orthodox Sikhs.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- hegari
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- hogtie
-
verb (used with object),
to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- Kirman
-
noun,
a Persian rug marked by ornate flowing designs and light, muted colors.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Piaget
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- hatpin
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- phren.
-
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Regain
-
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.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- Hetman
-
noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- Kohima
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nagaland, in E India.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- Hermon
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- Herman
-
noun,
Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- hepat-
-
- Komati
-
noun,
a river in NE South Africa, N Swaziland, and SW Mozambique, flowing generally NE to the Indian Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- hepta-
-
- Knight
-
noun,
a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- homage
-
noun,
respect or reverence paid or rendered:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- Mahren
-
noun,
German name of Moravia.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- hagio-
-
- Maikop
-
noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Krasnodar.
- Pitaka
-
noun,
See under Pali Canon.
- 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.
- rhino-
-
- haemo-
-
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- haemia
-
- haema-
-
- aketon
-
noun,
acton.
- phenom
-
noun,
a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy:
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- making
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that makes:
- righto
-
interjection,
(used to express understanding or assent).
- pheno-
-
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- honker
-
noun,
a person or thing that honks.
- kinema
-
noun,
cinema.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- harken
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to listen to; hear.
- phonet
-
- homing
-
noun,
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Raphia
-
noun,
raffia.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- 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.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- hanker
-
verb (used without object),
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hanger
-
noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- hangar
-
noun,
a shed or shelter.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Topeka
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Kansas, in the NE part, on the Kansas River.
- hamper
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- nitro-
-
- magpie
-
noun,
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- hamate
-
adjective,
hook-shaped.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impark
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- ohmage
-
noun,
electric resistance expressed in ohms.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- antho-
-
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Minthe
-
noun,
a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
- Thamar
-
noun,
Tamar.
- thamin
-
noun,
a small deer, Cervus eldi, of southeastern Asia, having long, curved antlers: now reduced in numbers throughout its range.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- parget
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- Eartha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- patri-
-
- karate
-
noun,
a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet.
Compare judo, jujitsu.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- 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.
- Karami
-
noun,
Rashid [ra-sheed] /ræˈʃid/ (Show IPA), 1921–1987, Lebanese lawyer and statesman: eight-time prime minister between 1955 and 1987.
- mithan
-
noun,
gayal.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- minhag
-
noun,
a custom or procedure among Jews that is so firmly established as to have almost the binding force of law.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- intro.
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- paramo
-
noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- penta-
-
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- parang
-
noun,
a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- hiero-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Anthea
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- mikron
-
noun,
micron.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Peking
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Beijing.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- anthem
-
noun,
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism:
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Katmai
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in SW Alaska. 7500 feet (2286 meters).
- kation
-
noun,
cation.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- pariah
-
noun,
an outcast.
- anorak
-
noun,
a hooded pullover jacket originally made of fur and worn in the arctic, now made of any weather-resistant fabric.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- Arnhem
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- throng
-
noun,
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- Armagh
-
noun,
a county in S Northern Ireland. 489 sq. mi. (1267 sq. km). County seat: Armagh.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- aright
-
adverb,
rightly; correctly; properly:
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- Kamina
-
noun,
a city in S Zaire.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- troph-
-
- morph-
-
- kapote
-
noun,
a long coat formerly worn by male Jews of eastern Europe and now worn chiefly by very Orthodox or Hasidic Jews.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- potage
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Kantor
-
noun,
MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- patho-
-
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- kantar
-
noun,
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- Morike
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1804–75, German poet.
- Pathan
-
noun,
Afghan (def 1).
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Athena
-
noun,
Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.
Compare Minerva.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- therm-
-
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- intra-
-
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Mekong
-
noun,
a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 miles (4200 km) long.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- gather
-
noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- Kagera
-
noun,
a river in equatorial Africa flowing into Lake Victoria from the west: the most remote headstream of the Nile. 430 miles (690 km) long.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Meghan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- angio-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- Gareth
-
noun,
Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- tangka
-
noun,
tanga.
- 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.
- Angkor
-
noun,
a vast assemblage of ruins of the Khmer empire, near the modern city of Siem Reap in NW Cambodia: many elaborately carved and decorated temples, stone statues, gateways, and towers.
- menhir
-
noun,
an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- imper.
-
- Amtrak
-
noun,
a government-subsidized public corporation created by Congress in 1970 to operate a national intercity passenger railroad system through contracts with existing railroads.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- taking
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that takes.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Anakim
-
plural noun,
tall people or giants who lived in S Palestine and were destroyed or scattered after the arrival of the Hebrews. Num. 13:28, 31; Deut. 2:21; 9:2.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- Keaton
-
noun,
Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- matri-
-
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anemo-
-
- genit.
-
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- gamet-
-
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- ptero-
-
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- Pernik
-
noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- merkin
-
noun,
false hair for the female pudenda.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- ethno-
-
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- inter.
-
- ethnog
-
- ethrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- troika
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- 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).
- inorg.
-
- Perkin
-
noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- metro-
-
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- panto-
-
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Khmer
-
noun,
a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- Keith
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1866–1955, Scottish anthropologist.
- kempt
-
adjective,
neatly or tidily kept:
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Omaha
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- poker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pokes.
- prank
-
noun,
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- kiang
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pinko
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- okapi
-
noun,
an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- karat
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbreviation: k., kt.
- poet.
-
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Karma
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman.
Compare bhakti (def 1), jnana.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- oaken
-
adjective,
made of oak:
- kata-
-
- keto-
-
- Katar
-
noun,
Qatar.
- Port.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Khama
-
noun,
Sir Seretse [suh-ret-sey] /səˈrɛt seɪ/ (Show IPA), 1921–80, Botswanan political leader: president 1966–80.
- Kioga
-
noun,
Lake. Kyoga, Lake.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- omni-
-
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- prae-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- kithe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make known by action; show; demonstrate; prove.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- ogham
-
noun,
an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- part.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- meno-
-
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- panga
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- pant-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- mega-
-
- pert.
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- meta-
-
- para-
-
- meth-
-
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- peta-
-
- peri-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- math.
-
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- matr-
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- petr-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- metr-
-
- Perak
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- parka
-
noun,
a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
- path-
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Penki
-
noun,
Benxi.
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- might
-
noun,
physical strength:
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- pekan
-
noun,
the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- patr-
-
- minke
-
noun,
a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- pari-
-
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- marka
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina, equal to 100 pfenigs.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- orig.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- phot.
-
- phore
-
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- Neth.
-
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Mahan
-
noun,
Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- phon.
-
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- Krogh
-
noun,
(Schack) Auguste (Steenberg) [shahk ou-goo st steen-barg] /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/ (Show IPA), 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.
- Makah
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Kohen
-
noun,
Cohen.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- Korah
-
noun,
a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- Korea
-
noun,
a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea.
Compare Korean War.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- Krieg
-
noun,
war1 .
- Oreg.
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- makar
-
noun,
a poet or writer.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- phane
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pagan
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- phage
-
noun,
bacteriophage.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- marg.
-
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- Maker
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Pharm
-
- manak
-
noun,
a wooden ball fitted with hooks and attached to a rope, used by Eskimos to secure and haul in seals killed offshore.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Orth.
-
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- 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.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- tera-
-
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- thana
-
noun,
a police station in India.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- engr.
-
- thank
-
noun,
Usually, thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ergo-
-
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- ation
-
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- thio-
-
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- think
-
noun,
Informal. the act or a period of thinking:
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- athar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- atmo-
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- theor
-
- theo-
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- 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.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arith
-
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- geom.
-
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- ghain
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ghana
-
noun,
a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gopak
-
noun,
a folk dance of the Ukraine.
- Tampa
-
noun,
a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- temp.
-
- prem.
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- tarok
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- gamo-
-
- tanka
-
noun,
a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gatha
-
noun,
one of several groups of hymns (the Gathas) forming the oldest part of the Avesta.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Gorki
-
noun,
Also, Gorky. Maxim [mak-sim;; Russian muh-ksyeem] /ˈmæk sɪm;; Russian mʌˈksyim/ (Show IPA), (Aleksey Maksimovich Pyeshkov) 1868–1936, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- agro-
-
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Ahira
-
noun,
a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Aimak
-
noun,
one of the 18 largest regions into which the Mongolian People's Republic is divided for administrative purposes.
- tonia
-
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Akita
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- 30-30
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- aemia
-
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aero-
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Agape
-
noun,
the love of God or Christ for humankind.
- trig.
-
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- apeak
-
adverb,
vertically.
- Apgar
-
noun,
Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
- 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.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- thong
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- 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.
- 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:
- Arhat
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- anti-
-
- amin-
-
- angi-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- anat.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- anth-
-
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anigh
-
adverb,
nearby; close by.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Anoka
-
noun,
a city in E Minnesota.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ante-
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- rept.
-
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- prom.
-
- haoma
-
noun,
a leafless vine, Sarcostemma acidum, of eastern India, yielding a sour, milky juice.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- haram
-
noun,
harem.
- pron.
-
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- Prog.
-
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Prot.
-
- rhet.
-
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- rhin-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Hakea
-
noun,
any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Hakea, native to Australia, having evergreen, pinnate leaves and clusters of variously colored flowers.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Hakim
-
noun,
a wise or learned man.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Haman
-
noun,
a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews of Persia. Esther 3–6.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- rhoea
-
- hemia
-
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- hema-
-
- hemi-
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- hemin
-
noun,
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- hemo-
-
- Hemon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Regt.
-
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- intr.
-
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- reni-
-
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- hier-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- 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.
- herp.
-
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Hagar
-
noun,
the mother of Ishmael. Gen. 16.
- hagia
-
plural noun,
the Eucharistic elements before or after the consecration.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- haem-
-
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- hopak
-
noun,
gopak.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- graph
-
noun,
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- prim.
-
- gram.
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- hort.
-
- pret.
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Gotha
-
noun,
a city in S Thuringia, in central Germany.
- Goth.
-
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- 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.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Hogan
-
noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- Hokan
-
noun,
a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.
- 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.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Pan.
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poke
-
noun,
a thrust or push.
- Paki
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pakistani, especially one who has emigrated to Britain.
- pkt.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- 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).
- pnea
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tnpk
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- pam.
-
- Rom.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Ont.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tron
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pork
-
noun,
the flesh of hogs used as food.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- pro-
-
- ptg.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- org.
-
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- tri-
-
- pot.
-
- opia
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tanh
-
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Pet.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- perh
-
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- ten.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Pen.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- ter.
-
- Rep.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- RONA
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rpt.
-
- thi-
-
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Taka
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Bangladesh, equal to 100 poisha.
- 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.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- 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.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Phar
-
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- phr.
-
- pkg.
-
plural,
package.
- Park
-
noun,
an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Reg.
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- tion
-
- par.
-
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peak
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- the-
-
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- pika
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- pre-
-
- ment
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- ket-
-
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- kg-m
-
- Khan
-
noun,
(in the Altaic group of languages) a title held by hereditary rulers or tribal chiefs.
- khat
-
noun,
kat.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Eth.
-
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- King
-
noun,
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kith
-
noun,
acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- 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.
- kago
-
noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- Kahn
-
noun,
Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- Kama
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of erotic desire, sometimes seen as an aspect of the god whose other aspect is Mara, or death.
- kame
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- kana
-
noun,
a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- kang
-
noun,
(especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- kaph
-
noun,
the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- Kemi
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- Kemp
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- knap
-
noun,
a crest or summit of a small hill.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Mar.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mako
-
noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mark
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- knop
-
noun,
a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Knt.
-
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Komi
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people of northeastern European Russia.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- koph
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Eph.
-
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Eng.
-
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Haag
-
noun,
Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- mag.
-
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- merk
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- Hike
-
noun,
a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- HEMP
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hgt.
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- hoke
-
noun,
hokum.
- hom-
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- honk
-
noun,
the cry of a goose.
- gon-
-
- hem-
-
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- gro.
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hag.
-
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- haik
-
noun,
an oblong cloth used as an outer garment by the Arabs.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Hake
-
noun,
any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.
- Hama
-
noun,
a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Hank
-
noun,
a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- 1080
-
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- hark
-
noun,
a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- HEAO
-
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- hor.
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- Ire.
-
- Gen.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- 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:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- gimp
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- ign.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- 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.
- HRIP
-
- GNMA
-
- IAEA
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- 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.
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gmat
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- IMHO
-
- Imp.
-
- inae
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gink
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- MEPA
-
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- met.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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.
- amp.
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- amt.
-
- amok
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amah
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Neh.
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Akan
-
noun,
a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
- ant.
-
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- aph-
-
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- mRNA
-
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- mtg.
-
- mtge
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ANPA
-
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- ankh
-
noun,
a tau cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Nah.
-
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- neo-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- apo-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- agit
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agha
-
noun,
aga.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- 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.
- not-
-
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- aet.
-
- NTIA
-
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- AARP
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- Aire
-
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Neph
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- AIME
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- NIMH
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NIRA
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- NOAA
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- agr.
-
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- moke
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- Mike
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- Arak
-
noun,
arrack.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Mon.
-
- MKTG
-
- 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.
- art.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- mkt.
-
- Arg.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- mink
-
noun,
a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mngr
-
- ator
-
- moki
-
noun,
Hopi (def 1).
- min.
-
- MOpt
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Ark.
-
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Arm.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Monk
-
noun,
(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Apr.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- GPM
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROG
-
- GNP
-
- ROI
-
- AGM
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- gph
-
- ROP
-
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- TPN
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- tr.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Agt
-
- tra
-
- AHE
-
- Tpr
-
- ATA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- GTO
-
- AAP
-
- AAM
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- Tro
-
- gt.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- eo-
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
-
- ag-
-
- ap-
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Am.
-
- hr.
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Aar
-
- ae.
-
- Gr.
-
- EAA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- at.
-
- ROA
-
- 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.
- RNA
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- gre
-
- AEA
-
- ea.
-
- Agh
-
- TRH
-
- 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:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- ATP
-
- EOM
-
- TPM
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- tpk
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TKO
-
- TMO
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Tng
-
- EPT
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- 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.
- Eg.
-
- EPA
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- gi.
-
- 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.
- ETO
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ERP
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ETR
-
- Ga.
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AOA
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- aor
-
- GOP
-
- TIA
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- 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.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Ep.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- rte
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ThM
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- 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:
- ERT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ehr
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rt.
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- RPG
-
- GMT
-
- tph
-
- TPI
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- eir
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- en-
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- AME
-
- EMR
-
- Akh
-
noun,
the transfigured and beatified spirit of a dead person.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- TGN
-
- GHA
-
- th-
-
- AKA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- EKG
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- MPA
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- MIT
-
- mk.
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOI
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MPE
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- MTh
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAA
-
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MPG
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPH
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- PAK
-
noun,
pack; package.
- MAA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Mao
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhM
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- PGA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- Me.
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- PHA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MIE
-
- MHE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MHR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHG
-
- MHA
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MGT
-
- MGr
-
- MGk
-
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- pik
-
noun,
payment in kind.
- OPA
-
- NPR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NOP
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- nr.
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Npt
-
- NRA
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- OAP
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- OHG
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- op.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Om.
-
- OPM
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- pt.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pg.
-
- pm.
-
- PMG
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- PTO
-
- ote
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- PaG
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- Pa.
-
- OTA
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NHI
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- nik
-
- NIH
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIA
-
- NHG
-
- ot-
-
- NHA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGk
-
- 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:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- KRP
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Re.
-
- IGM
-
- IHP
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OEM
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ing
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- kr.
-
- INH
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- 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 = .
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- iph
-
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- ier
-
- Ia.
-
- IRO
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- 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.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- io-
-
- REA
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- 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.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- ht.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- trp
-
- ITA
-
- PIO
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- kop
-
noun,
a hill.
- Kim
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- KNP
-
- kn.
-
- km.
-
- POA
-
- Keg
-
noun,
a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- Kha
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar spirant consonant sound.
- PMT
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- pmk
-
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- KIA
-
- POR
-
- Ker
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- PRA
-
- Kan
-
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Kam
-
noun,
a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- Kt.
-
- ka-
-
- kph
-
- kg.
-
- HK
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PH
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NM
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- h.
-
- O.
-
- OG
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- rg
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- OA
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- MP
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- M.
-
- RO
-
- HG
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- GN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NG
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RH
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TM
-
- tk
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- N.
-
- GH
-
- MN
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- IP
-
- KP
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- K.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GP
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- G.
-
- i.
-
- EI
-
- TP
-
- MG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- IG
-
- NH
-
- RP
-
- MH
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AK
-
- GM
-
- t.
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TG
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Gk
-
- T1
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TN
-