Anagrams of magnifications
Word magnifications has
1238 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of magnifications.
- magnification
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noun,
the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
- significant
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adjective,
important; of consequence.
- imagination
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noun,
the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
- animations
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noun,
animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit:
- antagonism
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noun,
an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups:
- nicotinism
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noun,
a pathological condition caused by excessive use of tobacco, and characterized by depression of the central and autonomic nervous systems; nicotine poisoning.
- signifiant
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noun,
signifier (def 2).
- fasciation
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noun,
the act of binding up or bandaging.
- Montagnais
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Quebec and Labrador.
- Anti-Mason
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noun,
a member of the Anti-Masonic party or a supporter of its principles.
- Magnificat
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noun,
(italics) the hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke, 1:46–55, beginning “My soul doth magnify the Lord,” used as a canticle at evensong or vespers.
- fanaticism
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noun,
fanatical character, spirit, or conduct.
- incognita
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noun,
a woman or girl who is incognita.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- incomings
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noun,
the act of coming in; arrival; advent:
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- magnifico
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noun,
a Venetian nobleman.
- Nicotiana
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- agonistic
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adjective,
combative; striving to overcome in argument.
- antimonic
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adjective,
of or containing antimony, especially in the pentavalent state.
- animation
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noun,
animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit:
- aniconism
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noun,
opposition to the use of idols or images.
- cognisant
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adjective,
a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- maintains
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verb (used with object),
to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain:
- sitomania
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noun,
abnormal craving for food.
- actinians
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- insomniac
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noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- ignitions
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noun,
the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- Siangtan
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xiangtan.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- maintain
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verb (used with object),
to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain:
- coamings
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- manganic
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adjective,
of or containing manganese, especially in the trivalent state.
- agnostic
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noun,
a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- magician
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noun,
an entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; conjurer.
- fication
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- angiomas
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noun,
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- Sicanian
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adjective,
Sicilian.
- coatings
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noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- Gastonia
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noun,
a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- giantism
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noun,
Pathology. gigantism.
- Sainfoin
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Mascagni
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- isotimic
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adjective,
(of a line or surface in space) having an equal value of some quantity at a given time.
- contagia
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noun,
the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.
- somnific
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adjective,
causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.
- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- mastigia
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noun,
an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- antismog
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adjective,
designed to reduce smog by reducing the pollutants released into the earth's atmosphere:
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- incision
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noun,
a cut, gash, or notch.
- ignition
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noun,
the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- Santiago
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
- incoming
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noun,
the act of coming in; arrival; advent:
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- insomnia
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- fontinas
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- magnific
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adjective,
magnificent; imposing.
- infantas
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noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- Sangamon
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noun,
the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
- sinfonia
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noun,
a symphony.
- actinian
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- fistiana
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noun,
the sport or world of boxing:
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- insignia
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noun,
a badge or distinguishing mark of office or honor:
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- consign
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verb (used with object),
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- angioma
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noun,
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- mincing
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- anconas
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noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- anginas
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noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- coating
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noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- siamang
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noun,
a large, black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, having very long arms and the second and third digits partially united by a web of skin: an endangered species.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- masting
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noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- comfits
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noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- costing
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noun,
cost accounting.
- Antonia
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- comings
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noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- Cotinga
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noun,
any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.
- Ansonia
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- anosmia
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noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- scatoma
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noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- mangan-
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- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- antings
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noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- onanism
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- mignons
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noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- facings
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noun,
a covering in front, for ornament, protection, etc., as an outer layer of stone on a brick wall.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- faction
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noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- fan-tan
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noun,
Also, fan tan. Also called parliament, sevens. Cards. a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards.
- fanatic
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noun,
a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- finings
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noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- Mitanni
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noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- Monacan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- against
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Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- Montana
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noun,
Joseph, Jr ("Joe") born 1956, U.S. football player.
- infanta
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noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- actino-
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- actings
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noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- agnosia
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noun,
partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
- Fontana
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noun,
Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ niˌkɔ/ (Show IPA), 1543–1607, Italian architect.
- Fontina
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- timings
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noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- Goiania
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Goiás, in central Brazil, SW of Brasília.
- goannas
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noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- casting
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noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- cantina
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- Gnostic
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
- gnomist
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noun,
a writer of aphorisms.
- canting
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noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- tongman
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noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- Nanaimo
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noun,
a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the SE part of Vancouver Island.
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Asiatic
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noun,
an Asian person.
- fiction
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noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- stamin-
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- minings
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noun,
the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.
- amongst
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preposition,
among.
- Sno-Cat
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- fanions
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noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- amnions
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- fantasm
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noun,
phantasm.
- fantoms
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- Niigata
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noun,
a seaport on NW Honshu, in central Japan.
- minions
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- caftans
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noun,
a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- isation
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- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- comfit
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noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- mining
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noun,
the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.
- COMSAT
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noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- casita
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- miotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- coigns
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- Tsonga
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noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Minnis
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noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- matins
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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.
- misfit
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noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- Monica
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noun,
a female given name.
- Mignon
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noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- coming
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noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- minion
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Minoan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- masto-
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- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Conant
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noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- fistic
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adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- fatsia
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noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- Itasca
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Fianna
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plural noun,
the Fenians.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Isaian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- fining
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noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Finnic
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noun,
a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Lapp, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- ingots
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noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Fatima
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noun,
a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
- infin.
-
- infant
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noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- incogs
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adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- icings
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Gotama
-
noun,
Buddha.
- gonifs
-
noun,
ganef.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- goanna
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noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- gnomic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gisant
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- ganoin
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noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- macons
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noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- mafias
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noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- confit
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noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascon
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- congas
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noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- contin
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- mantas
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noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- cosign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- mannas
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noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- Manisa
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noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- manini
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adjective,
small; insignificant.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- mangos
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- fascia
-
noun,
a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- facias
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noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- facing
-
noun,
a covering in front, for ornament, protection, etc., as an outer layer of stone on a brick wall.
- facsim
-
- Nagano
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noun,
a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- fagins
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noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- fagots
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- magics
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- gasman
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- agamic
-
adjective,
Biology.
asexual.
occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- scato-
-
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- somat-
-
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- amigas
-
noun,
a female friend.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- amino-
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amnios
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- angio-
-
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- aniso-
-
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- somni-
-
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- caftan
-
noun,
a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- actin-
-
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- timing
-
noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- tonia
-
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- gifts
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- Mafia
-
noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- ition
-
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- istic
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- icons
-
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- init.
-
- ician
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- imit.
-
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- inst.
-
- gonna
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- mafic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- noct-
-
- mini-
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- 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.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omni-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Minn.
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- naso-
-
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Mont.
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- miso-
-
- misc.
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- mast-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scot.
-
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- sing.
-
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sito-
-
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- sanit
-
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- masc.
-
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- scat-
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ation
-
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- anat.
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- contg
-
- cont.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- amin-
-
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Cong.
-
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- conf.
-
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- angi-
-
- 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.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- anon.
-
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anoas
-
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.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- facia
-
noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- annot
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- actos
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gamo-
-
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- actg.
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- 30-30
-
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- gains
-
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- fagot
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- cata-
-
- agmas
-
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.
- asgmt
-
- atmo-
-
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nom.
-
- 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.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- NOAA
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- not-
-
- 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:
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- nos-
-
- NTIA
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- non-
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
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.
- MNAS
-
- cat.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- mis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- cis-
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- NIMS
-
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.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Can.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- CanF
-
- MSgt
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- NACA
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- mtg.
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- asc-
-
- atic
-
- Soni
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- agst
-
- stg.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- tonn
-
- AFAM
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tion
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- agit
-
- Tasm
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AFSC
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- cit.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sat.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- Ont.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- atm.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- amt.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sig.
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- ann.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ANSI
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- ano-
-
- 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.
- sci.
-
- scfm
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 1080
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Mac-
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- FOIA
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- gon-
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Con.
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- 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.
- cts.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- 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.
- Com.
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- Inf.
-
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- FMCS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- GNMA
-
- Inc.
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- 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.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fags
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- ICAO
-
- IATA
-
- FACS
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ign.
-
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- fac.
-
- iana
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- IMCO
-
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- mag.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- fam.
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- info
-
noun,
information.
- FNMA
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Fin.
-
- fig.
-
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- iso-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- cog.
-
- 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.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- fict
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- FICA
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- itis
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- int.
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gmat
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SCM
-
- FOT
-
- sc.
-
- ISA
-
- AMS
-
- IGM
-
- Sfc
-
- sfm
-
- Sgt
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FMC
-
- ing
-
- SMA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- FOS
-
- ANG
-
- 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 = .
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IOF
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- IOC
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- in.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- FIO
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ANF
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- ANC
-
- IOT
-
- IMF
-
- SCF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- fm.
-
- ics
-
- IFC
-
- TGN
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- 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.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TCS
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- TCA
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GMC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- GMT
-
- AFA
-
- AFC
-
- AFM
-
- AFS
-
- ACS
-
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- an.
-
- TSI
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- Af.
-
- ag-
-
- AIA
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- GCA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- GCI
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- GCT
-
- AAF
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- AAM
-
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- FSA
-
- Ia.
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- GTS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- io-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- AMC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SOF
-
- FTC
-
- ft.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- GTO
-
- GTC
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GCF
-
- AGC
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- AGM
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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:
- gi.
-
- GCM
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gt.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Ga.
-
- STM
-
- GSA
-
- Agt
-
- AIC
-
- STI
-
- GSC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AOA
-
- ASI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- CSO
-
- CSF
-
- CSA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CTA
-
- 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.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Mcf
-
- mcg
-
- NAA
-
- NSF
-
- NCO
-
- MTS
-
- CST
-
- ctf
-
- mtn
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- FAA
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- fo.
-
- 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.
- CAA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- CAI
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGC
-
- NFS
-
- NFC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ctg
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- CGS
-
- MOI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- CIA
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MNS
-
- CGI
-
- MNA
-
- MIT
-
- CIF
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIM
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- CNM
-
- CGM
-
- cfs
-
- MCI
-
- MFA
-
- MTF
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSF
-
- MSA
-
- MFG
-
- mi.
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MFS
-
- MFT
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- CFA
-
- CFI
-
- MGT
-
- cfm
-
- CFO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- CMG
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- at.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- MAA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- oic
-
- ATC
-
- FCA
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- ast
-
- ASN
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- FCS
-
- fic
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Fia
-
- ist
-
- fgn
-
- ITA
-
- CMA
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ASM
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- So.
-
- OTS
-
- Mc-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- of-
-
- ATA
-
- OCS
-
- OTC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ca.
-
- CAF
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OFM
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- OSA
-
- cf.
-
- OSF
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NMI
-
- FAO
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- NOC
-
- G.
-
- i.
-
- TN
-
- fg
-
- 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.
- SG
-
- SM
-
- 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.
- MN
-
- ic
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- 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.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- SA
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- GC
-
- MG
-
- S.
-
- T1
-
- GM
-
- NI
-
- NG
-
- NF
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- OA
-
- NM
-
- GN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- fn
-
- TG
-
- TM
-
- t.
-
- TC
-
- MF
-
- OG
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- SF
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- SN
-
- IG
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- FC
-