Anagrams of matronize
Word matronize has
609 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of matronize.
- atomizer
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noun,
an apparatus for reducing liquids to a fine spray, as for medicinal or cosmetic application.
- amortize
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verb (used with object),
Finance.
to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.
to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- monazite
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noun,
a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- notarize
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Martinez
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noun,
a town in W California.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Romanize
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verb (used with object),
to make Roman Catholic.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- antero-
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- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- atomize
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to atoms.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- nemato-
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- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- intra-
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- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- mezair
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noun,
a movement in which the horse makes a series of short jumps forward while standing on its hind legs.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- inter.
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- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Azorin
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noun,
(José Martínez Ruiz) 1873–1967, Spanish novelist and critic.
- intro.
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- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- nitro-
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- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
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noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- anomie
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noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- metro-
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- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- zonite
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noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- zonate
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adjective,
marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
- nemat-
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- aeron.
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- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Mozart
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noun,
Wolfgang Amadeus [woo lf-gang am-uh-dey-uh s;; German vawlf-gahng ah-mah-dey-oo s] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ ˌæm əˈdeɪ əs;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1756–91, Austrian composer.
- zeatin
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noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
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- amino-
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- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- iatro-
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- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- anemo-
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- Moritz
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noun,
Maurice (def 1).
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- orate
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Norma
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noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- mirza
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noun,
a royal prince (placed after the name when used as a title).
- intr.
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- orant
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noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Roman
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noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Iran.
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- omni-
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- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ramet
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- menat
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noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meno-
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- Marin
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noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Marne
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noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- menta
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noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- noria
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mitra
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noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mizar
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noun,
a double star in the middle of the constellation Ursa Major.
- Imena
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noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- mero-
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- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Minto
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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.
- Manet
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- meta-
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- matzo
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noun,
unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Maize
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noun,
(chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1).
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- mater
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mainz
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noun,
a port in SW central Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers: capital of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matr-
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- Maine
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noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Omani
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- reman
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- manor
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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.
- metr-
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- Marti
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- oater
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- reni-
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- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Maori
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mario
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noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- mazer
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noun,
a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.
- Ramon
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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.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ramie
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noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Minor
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noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- meant
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- teno-
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- amine
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tonia
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- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Ariz.
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- nitr-
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- Armen
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- armet
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Monza
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noun,
a city in N Italy, NNE of Milan.
- toran
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noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- areo-
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- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Zenia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- Monte
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noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- ation
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- atmo-
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- tomia
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noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- atone
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Mont.
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- Zante
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noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- azine
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noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- Morea
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noun,
Peloponnesus.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
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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.
- Zaire
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- amort
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adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aneto
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noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
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- train
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anime
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Amer.
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- ante-
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- anti-
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- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ament
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noun,
catkin.
- Anzio
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noun,
a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II.
- A-one
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adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- amin-
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- toman
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noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- azote
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noun,
nitrogen.
- Erato
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noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- term.
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- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enorm
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adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
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- tera-
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- Moira
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- terna
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noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Naomi
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noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Tarim
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noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- 30-30
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- Moniz
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noun,
Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas [ahn-taw-nyoo kah-uh-tah-noo duh uh-bre-oo fruh-ee-ruh ee-guh sh] /ɑ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ ˌkɑ əˈtɑ nʊ də əˈbrɛ ʊ frəˈi rə ˈi gəʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1955, Portuguese neurosurgeon: Nobel prize 1949.
- moire
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- nazir
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noun,
(in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- aero-
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- T-man
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noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- ziram
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noun,
a white crystalline powder, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 Zn, almost insoluble in water, soluble in acetone and chloroform: used as a fungicide and rubber accelerator.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tinea
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Timor
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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
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- aeri-
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- timer
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Eaton
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noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Nizam
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noun,
the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
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- Nemo
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nazi
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noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- Naze
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noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- NATO
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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.
- neat
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noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nor.
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- omen
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noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nome
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noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
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noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
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- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Norm
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noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- not-
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- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nier
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noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NTIA
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- Oita
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noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oman
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noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Omer
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noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- NIRA
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- 1080
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- Ritz
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noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- Omri
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noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
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noun,
a torus.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tome
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noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toea
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- tion
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- tram
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noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Time
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noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tier
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tern
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noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
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- Tena
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noun,
Koyukon.
- torn
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tri-
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- team
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noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Zion
-
noun,
a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- Zorn
-
noun,
Anders Leonhard [ahn-duh rs ley-aw-nahrd] /ˈɑn dərs ˈleɪ ɔˌnɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1860–1920, Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor.
- zori
-
noun,
a Japanese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong passing between the first and second toes.
- Zora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- zone
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- zoea
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- Zoar
-
noun,
the city where Lot and his family took refuge during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19:20–30.
- Zoan
-
noun,
Biblical name of Tanis.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- zero
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- Zeno
-
noun,
Zeno of Citium.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- tron
-
- tRNA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- 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).
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- RONA
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- 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.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Maze
-
noun,
a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- azo-
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- met.
-
- Metz
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Moselle, in NE France: fortress; battles 1870, 1918, 1940, 1944.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- atm.
-
- min.
-
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- 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.
- inae
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Mar.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- ment
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- mRNA
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- aet.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amt.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- AIME
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Aire
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Arm.
-
- ine
-
- an.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ez.
-
- ae.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Am.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ar.
-
- ier
-
- rt.
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Zoe
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ERT
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- in.
-
- io-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- rte
-
- zo-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- zoa
-
noun,
plural of zoon.
- EMT
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TMO
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- az-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- aor
-
- tra
-
- at.
-
- tr.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Tro
-
- ea.
-
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- EMR
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- AME
-
- en-
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- EAM
-
- TIA
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- 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.
- ean
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- IRO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ONR
-
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- 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 = .
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Om.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIt
-
- MRI
-
- 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.
- MOR
-
- NMR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- 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.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MIT
-
- OIr
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OEM
-
- oz.
-
- Mt.
-
- NMI
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MTO
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ize
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ite
-
- Me.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ITA
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- mtn
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Re.
-
- NEA
-
- RMA
-
- ior
-
- ne-
-
- IOT
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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.
- MTI
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Mao
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- REA
-
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Mo.
-
- Ir.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- N.
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- AO
-
- ZI
-
- Zn
-
- NM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ZA
-
noun,
pizza.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
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- NZ
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- i.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RN
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- z.
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- RI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TM
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- EI
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- TN
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- OA
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- MN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Zr
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