Anagrams of mastocarcinomas
Word mastocarcinomas has
1711 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of mastocarcinomas.
- inamoratas
-
noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- carcinomas
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- inamoratos
-
noun,
a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- onomastics
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noun,
the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- macaronics
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noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- Samaritan
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noun,
an inhabitant of Samaria.
- consortia
-
noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- onomastic
-
adjective,
of or relating to proper names.
- sanatoria
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noun,
a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- Corsicana
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noun,
a city in E Texas.
- acrotisms
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- acrostics
-
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.
- croissant
-
noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- ostracism
-
noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- inamorata
-
noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- monastics
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- cast-iron
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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.
- monatomic
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adjective,
having one atom in the molecule.
- monocrats
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- sacristan
-
noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- Castroism
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noun,
the political, social, and revolutionary theories and policies advocated by Fidel Castro.
- cassation
-
noun,
annulment; cancellation; reversal.
- mortmains
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- carcinoma
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- occasions
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- Romanists
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- ammoniacs
-
noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- 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.
- narcotism
-
noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- aromatics
-
noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- coactions
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- commissar
-
noun,
the head of any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.: called minister since 1946.
- inamorato
-
noun,
a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- macaronic
-
noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- Martinmas
-
noun,
a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- maccaroni
-
noun,
macaroni.
- macaroons
-
noun,
a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.
- macaronis
-
noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- Anacostia
-
noun,
a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- sarcastic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm:
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- motorman
-
noun,
a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- 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.
- marocain
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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.
- atomisms
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noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- tamaraos
-
noun,
tamarau.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- canastas
-
noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Satanism
-
noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- martians
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- mainmast
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noun,
the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- cariocas
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- Carmania
-
noun,
a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- mantissa
-
noun,
Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm.
Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- Romanism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- Carnatic
-
noun,
a historically important region on the SE coast of India: now in Madras state.
- Marianao
-
noun,
a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- animator
-
noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- anosmias
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- nitroso-
-
- Tasmania
-
noun,
an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- narcomas
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- marascas
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- 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.
- narcosis
-
noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- marantas
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- Tarascan
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- mortmain
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Scotsman
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- moccasin
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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.
- crimsons
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- massicot
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noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- cortico-
-
- scotomas
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- scatomas
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noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- consorts
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- mascaron
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noun,
mask (def 11).
- mascaras
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- Masaccio
-
noun,
(Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- Amratian
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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.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- cocomats
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noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- cascaras
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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.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- siroccos
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- Sarasota
-
noun,
a city in W Florida.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- staminas
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- Cimarosa
-
noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- sarcomas
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noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- Minamoto
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- monocrat
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- 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.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- macaroon
-
noun,
a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.
- McNamara
-
noun,
Robert Strange, 1916–2009, U.S. business executive and government official: Secretary of Defense 1961–68; president of World Bank 1968–81.
- sarcinas
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Moriscos
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- Sarmatia
-
noun,
the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- ostracon
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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.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- 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.
- acromion
-
noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- amanitas
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- torsions
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- ammonio-
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- tsarinas
-
noun,
czarina.
- 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.
- omicrons
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- ammoniac
-
noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- occasion
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- Ammanati
-
noun,
Bartolommeo [bahr-taw-lawm-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔmˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–92, Italian architect and sculptor.
- amorists
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- atamans
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- Caracas
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.
- mimosas
-
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.
- Sno-Cat
-
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- carcass
-
noun,
the dead body of an animal.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- 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.
- cariama
-
noun,
seriema.
- Canossa
-
noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carioca
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- Amasias
-
noun,
Amaziah.
- 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.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- canasta
-
noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- 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.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- mastics
-
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.
- tamarao
-
noun,
tamarau.
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- accosts
-
noun,
a greeting.
- commits
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- sarcasm
-
noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- 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.
- romanos
-
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- miasmas
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- 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.
- craniom
-
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- 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.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- 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.
- somato-
-
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- 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.
- monisms
-
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).
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- sonatas
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- samsara
-
noun,
Buddhism. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
Compare nirvana (def 1).
- contra-
-
- actino-
-
- constr.
-
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- cocomat
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- samoans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Comtism
-
noun,
the philosophy of Auguste Comte; positivism.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- samaras
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- Samaria
-
noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- 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.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- 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.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Morison
-
noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- 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.
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- 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.
- racists
-
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.
- cranio-
-
- casinos
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- mormons
-
noun,
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- Cassino
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- castors
-
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.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Amanita
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Catania
-
noun,
a seaport in E Sicily.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Morisco
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- 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.
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- racisms
-
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.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- cosmism
-
noun,
the philosophy of cosmic evolution.
- stamin-
-
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- macaron
-
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.
- nostocs
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- asarota
-
noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- macacos
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- maracas
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- 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).
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- Maranta
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- marmots
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- 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.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- 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.
- 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.
- nomisms
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- 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.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mascara
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- 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.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- marcato
-
adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- ramstam
-
noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- scatoma
-
noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- asramas
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- tarmacs
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- 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.
- ammonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- astasia
-
noun,
inability to stand due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- marasca
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- mascots
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- amorino
-
noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- acacias
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- mascons
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- orisons
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- 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.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- commos
-
noun,
communist.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- costo-
-
- COSMOS
-
noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- cosmo-
-
- 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.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- somni-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- maraca
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- somat-
-
- samosa
-
noun,
an Indian fried turnover filled with minced meat or vegetables and spices:
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- actin-
-
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- trans.
-
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- 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.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- sarco-
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- scato-
-
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- intro.
-
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- Acacia
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- masais
-
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.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- sarans
-
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.
- intra-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- scoto-
-
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- matri-
-
- 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.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- masto-
-
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- 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.
- macaco
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- icono-
-
- socio-
-
- 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.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- satins
-
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.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Manama
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bahrain, on N Bahrain island.
- 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.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- cross-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- iatro-
-
- Micmac
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- smarms
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- 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).
- 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.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- macoma
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macoma, having a glossy, thin, usually white shell.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- macro-
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- storms
-
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.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- camoca
-
noun,
camaca.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- camaca
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of silk or mixed fibers, much used in the Middle Ages.
- amino-
-
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- 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.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rosins
-
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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- nitro-
-
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- commit
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- 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.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- stomas
-
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.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- 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.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- nocti-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- 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.
- roasts
-
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.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- 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.
- assoc.
-
- narco-
-
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- astro-
-
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- ammono
-
adjective,
of, containing, or derived from ammonia.
- ascots
-
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.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- astron
-
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- MSCons
-
- amnios
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- occas.
-
- arsons
-
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.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- tarso-
-
- Carnac
-
noun,
a commune in SW Morbihan, in NW France, SE of Lorient: megalithic monuments. 3681.
- Carcas
-
noun,
one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- 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.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- 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).
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ciscos
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sacro-
-
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- commis
-
noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aniso-
-
- 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.
- 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).
- C-in-C
-
- stacc.
-
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Mormon
-
noun,
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- 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.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- 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.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- 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.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Arcata
-
noun,
a town in NW California.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- 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.
- 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.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- 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.
- 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.
- nomo-
-
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- nitr-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- 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.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- 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.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- 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).
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- noso-
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- noct-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- saris
-
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.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- noto-
-
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- 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.
- masc.
-
- sanit
-
- Mont.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- misc.
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- sito-
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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).
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- 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.
- Sans.
-
- 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.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- 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.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- miso-
-
- mono-
-
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- onco-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- omni-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- 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.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Momos
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Mists
-
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.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- matr-
-
- 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.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- osmo-
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- mast-
-
- onto-
-
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- 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.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- 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.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- octo-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- sarc-
-
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- 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.
- octa-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- 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.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- MOTOS
-
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- ation
-
- assn.
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- atmo-
-
- 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.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- asst.
-
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- 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.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- caco-
-
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- cata-
-
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- 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.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- canc.
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- 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.
- 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.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Srta.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- 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.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- amin-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 30-30
-
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- acro-
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ACCRA
-
noun,
the wood of a sapele.
- acct.
-
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- anti-
-
- anis-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- 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.
- AMORC
-
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Amman
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- ammos
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- anim.
-
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tono-
-
- anat.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Macc.
-
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- crim.
-
- 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).
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- 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.
- 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.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- intr.
-
- simas
-
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.
- inst.
-
- Simms
-
noun,
William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- 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.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Iran.
-
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scat-
-
- Sino-
-
- icons
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- 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.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- comm.
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- 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.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- cont.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- conc.
-
- 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.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Comr.
-
- commo
-
noun,
communist.
- 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.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- tron
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- oto-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- scr.
-
- 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).
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- tri-
-
- Sat.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sci.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- osis
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- tRNA
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- str.
-
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Soni
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- 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.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sam.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sics
-
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).
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sra.
-
- tion
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- SMSA
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Tasm
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cac-
-
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- 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.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Can.
-
- 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.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- atm.
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- ASTM
-
- 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).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASSR
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- atic
-
- mis-
-
- ator
-
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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:
- momo
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Mac-
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- cts.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- ctr.
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- iana
-
- Cmon
-
- IATA
-
- ICAO
-
- cit.
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Com.
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- Cor.
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- crat
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- Con.
-
- IMCO
-
- 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.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- ISSN
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- 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.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- oro-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- cis-
-
- 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.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- asis
-
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- mRNA
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- NTIA
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Anas
-
- ano-
-
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NOAA
-
- 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.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- 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.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ont.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAAS
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- ACAA
-
- acc.
-
- acr-
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- MSSc
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NACA
-
- ARIS
-
- MSTS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCAA
-
- 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.
- MSAM
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- 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).
- AIC
-
- ACS
-
- CMC
-
- Am.
-
- TSI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ASM
-
- ATA
-
- CMA
-
- SRS
-
- SSC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ASN
-
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ss.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- SSA
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASR
-
- Ar.
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Tro
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AIA
-
- Sr.
-
- CNS
-
- SSI
-
- ac-
-
- CNO
-
- AAA
-
- CNM
-
- ASI
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- CNC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- an.
-
- ARS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SSM
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- 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.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- ANC
-
- cs.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- 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.
- aor
-
- CAI
-
- TMO
-
- CAA
-
- ct.
-
- AMS
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TCA
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- AOA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATC
-
- 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.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TCS
-
- TIA
-
- CIM
-
- CIC
-
- AMC
-
- CIA
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCA
-
- STI
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- STM
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- IOT
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- RNA
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ROI
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
-
- NIA
-
- ROA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- RMC
-
- NCO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- NOC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NAA
-
- MTS
-
- RCN
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MTO
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSI
-
- MSM
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- SAA
-
- ONI
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RCS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- OTS
-
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ONR
-
- Om.
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- 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.
- OSS
-
- OSO
-
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIt
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OSA
-
- OAO
-
- OIr
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- oic
-
- SRO
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SCS
-
- ICC
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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 = .
- 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).
- ior
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MOR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- SCM
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CTA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CRC
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SMS
-
- SMM
-
- SMA
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ITC
-
- ISR
-
- TSS
-
- MMT
-
- 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.
- MNS
-
- 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.
- MNA
-
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- mi.
-
- MOI
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SAR
-
- MIT
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MM.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- Mao
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mc-
-
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MSC
-
- 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.
- MAA
-
- sc.
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- 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.
- SM
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- CM
-
- SN
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- MN
-
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TN
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- RO
-
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- OA
-
- RC
-
- NC
-
- TC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- NM
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- ic
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.