Anagrams of mastocarcinoma
Word mastocarcinoma has
1464 anagrams
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- inamoratos
-
noun,
a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- inamoratas
-
noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- macaronics
-
noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- carcinomas
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- Martinmas
-
noun,
a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- cast-iron
-
noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- onomastic
-
adjective,
of or relating to proper names.
- narcotism
-
noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotics
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- aromatics
-
noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- carcinoma
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- maccaroni
-
noun,
macaroni.
- monocrats
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- Anacostia
-
noun,
a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- mortmains
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- Corsicana
-
noun,
a city in E Texas.
- consortia
-
noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- ammoniacs
-
noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- macaroons
-
noun,
a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.
- sanatoria
-
noun,
a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- coactions
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- inamorata
-
noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- macaronis
-
noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- macaronic
-
noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- inamorato
-
noun,
a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- monatomic
-
adjective,
having one atom in the molecule.
- Samaritan
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Samaria.
- monitors
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- animator
-
noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- corantos
-
noun,
courante.
- McNamara
-
noun,
Robert Strange, 1916–2009, U.S. business executive and government official: Secretary of Defense 1961–68; president of World Bank 1968–81.
- Amratian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- minorcas
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Minamoto
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- Ammanati
-
noun,
Bartolommeo [bahr-taw-lawm-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔmˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–92, Italian architect and sculptor.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- ammonio-
-
- moccasin
-
noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- ammonias
-
noun,
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
- Masaccio
-
noun,
(Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- ammoniac
-
noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- mascaron
-
noun,
mask (def 11).
- cariocas
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- martians
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- mainmast
-
noun,
the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- Sarmatia
-
noun,
the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- tamaraos
-
noun,
tamarau.
- macaroni
-
noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- macaroon
-
noun,
a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.
- tamarins
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- marocain
-
noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Tarascan
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- aromatic
-
noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- marantas
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- Marciano
-
noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- Carmania
-
noun,
a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- Tasmania
-
noun,
an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- Marianao
-
noun,
a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- cortico-
-
- Carnatic
-
noun,
a historically important region on the SE coast of India: now in Madras state.
- monocrat
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- Socratic
-
noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- acromion
-
noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- coaction
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- cocomats
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- amanitas
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- motorman
-
noun,
a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- Cimarosa
-
noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- ostracon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- narcomas
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- narcotic
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- omicrons
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- nitroso-
-
- occasion
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- mortmain
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- cocomat
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- aristo-
-
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- tarmacs
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- cariama
-
noun,
seriema.
- Sno-Cat
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- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- marasca
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Maranta
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- maracas
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- asarota
-
noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- Samaria
-
noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- atamans
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- macacos
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- tamarao
-
noun,
tamarau.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- stamin-
-
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- canasta
-
noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- somato-
-
- Caracas
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.
- marcato
-
adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- scatoma
-
noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- acacias
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- romanos
-
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- cranio-
-
- craniom
-
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Carioca
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- cascara
-
noun,
a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., having finely toothed leaves and flowers in umbels and yielding cascara sagrada.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- amorino
-
noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- contra-
-
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- commits
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mormons
-
noun,
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- monitor
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Comtism
-
noun,
the philosophy of Auguste Comte; positivism.
- Amanita
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catania
-
noun,
a seaport in E Sicily.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- ramstam
-
noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- constr.
-
- ammonia
-
noun,
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
- morions
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Morisco
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- Morison
-
noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- ammonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- Commons
-
noun,
Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- marmots
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- actino-
-
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- maroons
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- Aramaic
-
noun,
Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine.
Compare Biblical Aramaic.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- mascara
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scato-
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- commos
-
noun,
communist.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- coatis
-
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.
- commit
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- costo-
-
- scoto-
-
- commis
-
noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- common
-
noun,
Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
- socio-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- cosmo-
-
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- iatro-
-
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- Micmac
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
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.
- masto-
-
- Mastic
-
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.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- occas.
-
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- nitro-
-
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- 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.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- narco-
-
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- Mormon
-
noun,
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- macoma
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macoma, having a glossy, thin, usually white shell.
- macaco
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- sacro-
-
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- macro-
-
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- sarco-
-
- icono-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- maraca
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantis
-
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
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Manama
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bahrain, on N Bahrain island.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- camoca
-
noun,
camaca.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camaca
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of silk or mixed fibers, much used in the Middle Ages.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- amino-
-
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- ammono
-
adjective,
of, containing, or derived from ammonia.
- amnios
-
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- actin-
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Carnac
-
noun,
a commune in SW Morbihan, in NW France, SE of Lorient: megalithic monuments. 3681.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Carcas
-
noun,
one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- stacc.
-
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- Arcata
-
noun,
a town in NW California.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- aniso-
-
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Acacia
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- somni-
-
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- C-in-C
-
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- somat-
-
- trans.
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- anis-
-
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masc.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- 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.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- 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.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- onco-
-
- naso-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- anat.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- matr-
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omni-
-
- anim.
-
- mast-
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- nomo-
-
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- noso-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 30-30
-
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- nitr-
-
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- octo-
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- octa-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- noct-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- AMORC
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- onto-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Mont.
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- MOTOS
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- acro-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- miso-
-
- misc.
-
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ACCRA
-
noun,
the wood of a sapele.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- ammos
-
- acct.
-
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- tonia
-
- osmo-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- mono-
-
- Amata
-
noun,
the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- amin-
-
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Momos
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- tono-
-
- Amman
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- canc.
-
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Scot.
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- scat-
-
- crit.
-
- Cant.
-
- crim.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- noto-
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- inst.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- 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.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- sarc-
-
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- caco-
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- icons
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- sito-
-
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- COCOM
-
noun,
a nontreaty organization of the NATO nations except Iceland, and with the addition of Japan, that sets rules on exports of strategic goods to Communist countries: formed in 1949.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- comm.
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- Srta.
-
- Sino-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- cata-
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- conc.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Comr.
-
- 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.
- commo
-
noun,
communist.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- intr.
-
- 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.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- atmo-
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Macc.
-
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- asco-
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- ation
-
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Iran.
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- astr.
-
- sanit
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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).
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Sra.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- tron
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Rom.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- NTIA
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tRNA
-
- Oct.
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Soni
-
- Tasm
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tri-
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- 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.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Sat.
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 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.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- rit.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sam.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- str.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Cmon
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- oro-
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- oto-
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SRAM
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tion
-
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RNAS
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 1080
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- cts.
-
- Cort
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- ctr.
-
- iana
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- IATA
-
- ICAO
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- IMCO
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- int.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Com.
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Con.
-
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Cor.
-
- ins.
-
- not-
-
- cit.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mac-
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- min.
-
- ano-
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- 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.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAAS
-
- ACAA
-
- acc.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acr-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- ARIS
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- 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.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cis-
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cac-
-
- Arm.
-
- 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).
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ator
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atic
-
- 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:
- 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.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- 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.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mon.
-
- mRNA
-
- MNAS
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 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.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- momo
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nor.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nom.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- NOAA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- NIRA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NACA
-
- nos-
-
- MSAM
-
- mis-
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- 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.
- 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.
- ASR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASI
-
- at.
-
- ONI
-
- 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.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ATC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ast
-
- ATA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- CAI
-
- ca.
-
- CCR
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- OOT
-
- CCA
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CIA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- CIC
-
- CIM
-
- NAA
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- cc.
-
- ONR
-
- 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.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAA
-
- STM
-
- St.
-
- NCC
-
- STI
-
- ons
-
- 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.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- oo-
-
- Sta
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- NIA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Oc.
-
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- ACS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- OAO
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- AMC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- NSC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- an.
-
- TSI
-
- Am.
-
- AAA
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Tro
-
- NSA
-
- Ar.
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NRC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- oic
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- aor
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- NCO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OIr
-
- AOA
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- TIA
-
- NMI
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- NOC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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.
- AMS
-
- OCC
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TMO
-
- ANC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- OCR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- OCS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- NMR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Rs.
-
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- ist
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Mc-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MM.
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ior
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- SAR
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- MOR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- IOT
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Mo.
-
- MSC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- mi.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ROA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RNA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- MAA
-
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MOI
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- 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.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- MNS
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- MNA
-
- Mao
-
- ROI
-
- MMT
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- MIT
-
- RMA
-
- 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.
- in.
-
- MRA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MSM
-
- OSO
-
- 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).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ot-
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- OTA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- MSI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- CRS
-
- CNO
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CMA
-
- CMC
-
- MTS
-
- CNC
-
- RCA
-
- CNM
-
- CNS
-
- SMA
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- SMM
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- CRC
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ics
-
- io-
-
- sc.
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OTS
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CTC
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- IAS
-
- CSO
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CSC
-
- RCS
-
- SCM
-
- ICC
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- NC
-
- SN
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- RC
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RN
-
- AO
-
- RO
-
- TN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NM
-
- S.
-
- 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.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CM
-
- RI
-
- TM
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OA
-
- MN
-
- i.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
-
- TC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .