Anagrams of matter-of-course
Word matter-of-course has
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- tetramerous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into four parts.
- octamerous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- comforters
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noun,
a person or thing that comforts.
- come-outer
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noun,
an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- tortfeasor
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noun,
a person who commits a tort.
- forecourts
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noun,
Tennis. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service.
Compare backcourt (def 1).
- forecourse
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a square-rigged foremast; a square foresail.
- cofeatures
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noun,
a movie that shares a bill with another movie.
- Amersfoort
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noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- rectorates
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- sea-trout
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noun,
any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- octometer
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noun,
octameter.
- tocometer
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noun,
tokodynamometer.
- orometers
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- cremaster
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noun,
Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
- octameter
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adjective,
consisting of eight measures or feet.
- frustrate
-
adjective,
Obsolete. frustrated.
- factotums
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noun,
a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- cremators
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- focometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- scrutator
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noun,
a person who investigates.
- rest-cure
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noun,
a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- Marruecos
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noun,
Spanish name of Morocco.
- resurface
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verb (used with object),
to give a new surface to.
- scot-free
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adjective,
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
- tetramers
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noun,
a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
- outermost
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adjective,
farthest out; remotest from the interior or center:
- Astroturf
-
- Comforter
-
noun,
a person or thing that comforts.
- Rotameter
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- footraces
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noun,
a race run by contestants on foot.
- forcemeat
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noun,
a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- force-out
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noun,
a put-out of a base runner on a force play.
- cofeature
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noun,
a movie that shares a bill with another movie.
- forecourt
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noun,
Tennis. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service.
Compare backcourt (def 1).
- foretaste
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noun,
a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
- castoreum
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noun,
castor1 (def 1).
- stateroom
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noun,
a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.
- frotteurs
-
noun,
a person who practices frottage.
- rectorate
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- tautomers
-
noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- fourscore
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adjective,
four times twenty; eighty.
- fractures
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- corotates
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- reformate
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noun,
the product of the reforming process.
- mouse-ear
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noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- outercoat
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noun,
coat (def 1).
- aftermost
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adjective,
Nautical. farthest aft; aftmost:
- streetcar
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noun,
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
- moraceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- sarcomere
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noun,
any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- roomettes
-
noun,
a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- rooftrees
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noun,
the ridgepole of a roof.
- mesorecta
-
noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- retroacts
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- mercurate
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noun,
Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- acre-foot
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noun,
a unit of volume of water in irrigation: the amount covering one acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 43,560 cubic feet.
- eructates
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verb (used with or without object),
to eruct.
- terraces
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- remaster
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verb (used with object),
to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- racemous
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adjective,
racemose.
- comforts
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noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- frotteur
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noun,
a person who practices frottage.
- acrosome
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noun,
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
- formates
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noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- farceuse
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noun,
a woman skilled in farce.
- farceurs
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noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- refracts
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verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- tetramer
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noun,
a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- rooftree
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noun,
the ridgepole of a roof.
- comatose
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adjective,
affected with or characterized by coma.
- orometer
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- features
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noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- creamers
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noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- Forester
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noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- refresco
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noun,
a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- ferreous
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adjective,
of, resembling, or containing iron:
- outcaste
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noun,
(in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
- fracturs
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noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- fouettes
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noun,
a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
- outsmart
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Idioms,
outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
- foursome
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noun,
a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet:
- teamster
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noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- fearsome
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adjective,
causing fear:
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tear-out
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adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- corotate
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- fracture
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- roomette
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noun,
a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- racemose
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adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- recourse
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noun,
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection:
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- outstare
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in staring; stare down.
- autosome
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- reforest
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verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- outfaces
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- ferrates
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noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- Carteret
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noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- cat-foot
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verb (used without object),
to move in the soft, stealthy manner of a cat; pussyfoot.
- costumer
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- tomatoes
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- tautomer
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noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- crosette
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noun,
crossette.
- tortures
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noun,
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- footrace
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noun,
a race run by contestants on foot.
- crofters
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- curators
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- rotators
-
noun,
a person or thing that rotates.
- footrest
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noun,
a support for a person's feet, as an attachment to a barber's chair or a dentist's chair.
- forecast
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verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- retroact
-
verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- touracos
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- resource
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noun,
a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- stomato-
-
- curettes
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Eurocrat
-
noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- amoretto
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noun,
a little cupid.
- retracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- screamer
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noun,
a person or thing that screams.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- cremator
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- foremost
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adjective, adverb,
first in place, order, rank, etc.:
- factotum
-
noun,
a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- motorcar
-
noun,
Chiefly British. an automobile.
- streamer
-
noun,
something that streams:
- cut-rate
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noun,
a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- customer
-
noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- foremast
-
noun,
the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- creosote
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- sea-room
-
noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- eructate
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verb (used with or without object),
to eruct.
- creature
-
noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- treasure
-
noun,
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- mofettes
-
noun,
a noxious emanation, consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, escaping from the earth in regions of nearly extinct volcanic activity.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- stratum
-
noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- rooster
-
noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- fetters
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- strato-
-
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- stereo-
-
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- steato-
-
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- ferrous
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- ferrets
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- reamers
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- Rotorua
-
noun,
a city on N central North Island, in New Zealand.
- rooters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- stearo-
-
- stomate
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noun,
stoma (def 1).
- Comfort
-
noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- erasure
-
noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- rotator
-
noun,
a person or thing that rotates.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- stature
-
noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- stomat-
-
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- roomers
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- soutter
-
noun,
souter.
- curette
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- roemers
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- curtate
-
adjective,
shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Reuters
-
noun,
a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
- scutter
-
verb (used without object), noun,
scurry.
- factors
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- crofter
-
noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- scutate
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adjective,
Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- scrotum
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- curares
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- Fameuse
-
noun,
an American variety of red apple that ripens in early winter.
- feature
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- far-out
-
adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- routers
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- somato-
-
- refaces
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- faucets
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- refects
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- re-form
-
verb (used with or without object),
to form again.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- refract
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- sfumato
-
noun,
the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- refutes
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- courser
-
noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- farmout
-
noun,
an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration.
- Farmers
-
noun,
a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- remoras
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- erratum
-
noun,
an error in writing or printing.
- farceur
-
noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- roofers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs roofs.
- remorse
-
noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- Creamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- mofette
-
noun,
a noxious emanation, consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, escaping from the earth in regions of nearly extinct volcanic activity.
- foetors
-
noun,
fetor.
- rostrum
-
noun,
any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
- outacts
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- mutters
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- armours
-
noun,
armor.
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- armures
-
noun,
a woolen or silk fabric woven with a small, raised pattern.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- tomcats
-
noun,
a male cat.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Fuertes
-
noun,
Louis Agassiz [ag-uh-see] /ˈæg ə si/ (Show IPA), 1874–1927, U.S. painter and naturalist.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- outcast
-
noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- arcform
-
adjective,
noting a type of cargo-ship construction in which the sides have the form of arcs so drawn that the greatest breadth is at load waterline, the purpose being to promote the flow of water to the propeller with an easy bilge and without loss of capacity.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- outcome
-
noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- ausform
-
verb (used with object),
to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.
- outface
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- Austro-
-
- fraters
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- outmost
-
adjective,
farthest out; outermost.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- fractus
-
adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- fractur
-
noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- torture
-
noun,
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- mutates
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- outsert
-
noun,
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- trustee
-
noun,
a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
- uromere
-
noun,
any segment of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- ureters
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- mercers
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- trustor
-
noun,
a person who creates a trust.
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- Marcuse
-
noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- mottoes
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- aftmost
-
adjective,
aftermost (def 1).
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- amorous
-
adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- touters
-
noun,
a tout.
- Musette
-
noun,
Also called musette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- toreros
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- rafters
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- forcers
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- carroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- formats
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- cerato-
-
- footers
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- formers
-
noun,
a person or thing that forms or serves to form.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Forster
-
noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- Forrest
-
noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- Formosa
-
noun,
Taiwan.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- formate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- foumart
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- surface
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- fouette
-
noun,
a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- forearm
-
noun,
Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- forams
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- masto-
-
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- retro-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- mottos
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- outset
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- murras
-
noun,
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- roofer
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs roofs.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- fetter
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- eroto-
-
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Erfurt
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- merous
-
- footer
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- fescue
-
noun,
Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- murres
-
noun,
either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Fermat
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1601–65, French mathematician.
- refuse
-
noun,
something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.
- ferous
-
- freres
-
noun,
brother.
- refute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- Farmer
-
noun,
a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- osteo-
-
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- freers
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- femto-
-
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- rectos
-
- frames
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- refers
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Reform
-
noun,
the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.:
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- format
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- mutate
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- ferro-
-
- fumets
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- formes
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- famous
-
adjective,
having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated:
Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious.
Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- furors
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- fustet
-
noun,
the smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria.
- foetor
-
noun,
fetor.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- former
-
noun,
a person or thing that forms or serves to form.
- formee
-
adjective,
paty.
- faeces
-
noun,
feces.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- macro-
-
- factum
-
noun,
a statement of the facts in a controversy or legal case.
- MAeroE
-
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- suttee
-
noun,
sati.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- afters
-
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- cosmo-
-
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- AFSCME
-
- somat-
-
- Corfam
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- treasr
-
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- austr-
-
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- tectum
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- tomato
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- terat-
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- tauto-
-
- tauro-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- 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.
- cerat-
-
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- Armour
-
noun,
armor.
- armure
-
noun,
a woolen or silk fabric woven with a small, raised pattern.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarso-
-
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- costo-
-
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- tutees
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- turret
-
noun,
a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- scato-
-
- turco-
-
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scoto-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- utmost
-
noun,
Also, uttermost. the greatest degree or amount:
- utero-
-
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- aceto-
-
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rumors
-
noun,
a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
- Rutter
-
noun,
portolano.
- sacro-
-
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- aceous
-
- sarco-
-
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- Cutter
-
noun,
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- astro-
-
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- setout
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- treas
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MSFor
-
- motto
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- muco-
-
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- oste-
-
- osmo-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Teut.
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tofts
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- murre
-
noun,
either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- murra
-
noun,
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- MOTOS
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- octo-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- octa-
-
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- mutts
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- 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.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- restr
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- sect.
-
- sero-
-
- Scot.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Srta.
-
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- rect.
-
- sarc-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rumor
-
noun,
a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- 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.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- term.
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tera-
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- stat.
-
- ster.
-
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- stome
-
- 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.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- reams
-
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)
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- rears
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Reaum
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- coofs
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- cores
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- astr.
-
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Euro-
-
- atmo-
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- atto-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- cero-
-
- Aust.
-
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- auto.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- forms
-
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- fort.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- Forum
-
noun,
the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- asco-
-
- 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.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- corr.
-
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- caus.
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- farms
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- fusee
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- fumet
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- fumes
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- femes
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- mero-
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- 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.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- acro-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- acet-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- actos
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- metr-
-
- 30-30
-
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Ecua.
-
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- ecto-
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comr.
-
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- femur
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- meso-
-
- aero-
-
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- McFee
-
noun,
William, 1881–1966, English writer.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- mast-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- masc.
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- fore-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- areo-
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- matr-
-
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- afoot
-
adverb, adjective,
on foot; walking:
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Foote
-
noun,
Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- foots
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- Matt.
-
- Amer.
-
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- AMORC
-
- SRAM
-
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- Sra.
-
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- saur
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- 1080
-
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rus.
-
- scfm
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- EEOC
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ears
-
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.
- cur.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Cort
-
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- cts.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ctr.
-
- scr.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sem.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Cres
-
- sec.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- coof
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- amus
-
- Arm.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- amt.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- asc-
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- art.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- arr.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- AFSC
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- USAR
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- uret
-
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- uro-
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- USCA
-
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USMA
-
- USMC
-
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- afr-
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- tuft
-
noun,
a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- ASME
-
- ASTM
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- 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.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Com.
-
- Ste.
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ter.
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ator
-
- 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:
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teas
-
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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tasm
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- taur
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sam.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- FACS
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- FRCS
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- MSEE
-
- muc-
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- out-
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Mac-
-
- mout
-
- Oct.
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rets
-
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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- fam.
-
- etc.
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- MSAE
-
- MSCE
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- msec
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- FMCS
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- RCAF
-
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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)
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- fec.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ref.
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- mus.
-
- FERA
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fem.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- 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.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- fur.
-
- oro-
-
- fume
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OEEC
-
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eous
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- 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.
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- EMet
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- fut.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- meas
-
- Rom.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- frt.
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- eso-
-
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Frs.
-
- 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.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- oto-
-
- est.
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Frum
-
adjective,
Yiddish. religious; observant.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Mo.
-
- cf.
-
- 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.
- Mc-
-
- OCS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ARU
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ca.
-
- OAS
-
- Co.
-
- ASU
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- OAO
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TMO
-
- CAF
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- ASR
-
- of-
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ase
-
- OFr
-
- OCR
-
- OEO
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- OAU
-
- tfr
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- at.
-
- MSC
-
- Me.
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ATC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ASM
-
- ast
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OEM
-
- ef-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- UAR
-
- UMT
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UCR
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- ur-
-
- AUC
-
- TSE
-
- USO
-
- 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.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Am.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- USR
-
- MFR
-
- ure
-
- MFA
-
- USM
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- USC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ac-
-
- MOR
-
- Af.
-
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- ae.
-
- OTC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AMS
-
- 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.
- AMU
-
- MUF
-
- oo-
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- aor
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AOU
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- tra
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- 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.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- Mao
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Oc.
-
- OFM
-
- ARS
-
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- tr.
-
- MTS
-
- AEC
-
- Tro
-
- AEF
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Mcf
-
- AFC
-
- AFM
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- trf
-
- MTO
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- MSF
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTF
-
- cr.
-
- OTS
-
- cs.
-
- CSR
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- CRT
-
- RMC
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- ROA
-
- CSA
-
- ESR
-
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- RFE
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- SCM
-
- SCF
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ese
-
- CRS
-
- RFC
-
- ESA
-
- fo.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FAO
-
- SMA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- sfm
-
- ct.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- RFA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- 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.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Esc
-
- sc.
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- ec-
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- ECA
-
- rte
-
- ECF
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ECM
-
- EMR
-
- EMF
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- rt.
-
- RTF
-
- ERT
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- SAR
-
- MFT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SAE
-
- ea.
-
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- EAM
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- SOF
-
- Sfc
-
- FCA
-
- CEF
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- CEO
-
- ot-
-
- FRC
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- suf
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- FOT
-
- FOS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- 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.
- 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.
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- FSA
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- FTC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ft.
-
- ose
-
- FSR
-
- OSO
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- MFS
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RCS
-
- 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.
- FMC
-
- fm.
-
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- FET
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- CMA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- FCS
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- STM
-
- CFA
-
- RMA
-
- cfm
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CFO
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CFR
-
- RAF
-
- Re.
-
- cfs
-
- TC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SF
-
- SU
-
- FE
-
- MF
-
- 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.
- CM
-
- R.
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- CU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TT
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CE
-
- U.
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- OA
-
- SA
-
- UC
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RF
-
- SM
-
- S.
-
- FC
-
- ee
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TM
-
- RU
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RC
-