Anagrams of menstruations
Word menstruations has
2637 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of menstruations.
- menstruation
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noun,
the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- numerations
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- mensuration
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- strontiums
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noun,
a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- transitmen
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noun,
a person who makes observations with a transit.
- assortment
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noun,
the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- transients
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- Mousterian
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adjective,
of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- sustention
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noun,
the act of sustaining.
- transmutes
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- stationers
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- tournament
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noun,
a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests:
- arsenious
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adjective,
arsenous.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- tinstones
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noun,
cassiterite.
- mistreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- outsmarts
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Idioms,
outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
- outstares
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in staring; stare down.
- mentation
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noun,
mental activity.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- sternmost
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adjective,
farthest aft.
- resonants
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- stannites
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- Romanists
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- remontant
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noun,
a remontant rose.
- resistant
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noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- innermost
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noun,
the innermost part.
- anestrous
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adjective,
not showing estrus.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- insurants
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- Martinson
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noun,
Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- sensation
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noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sea-trout
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noun,
any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- seamounts
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- saturnism
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noun,
lead poisoning (def 1b).
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- antirusts
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- mutations
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noun,
Biology.
a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- martinets
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- masonries
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noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- Masterson
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noun,
William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- tentorium
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- transeunt
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adjective,
(of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- ruminants
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- internat.
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- anoestrus
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noun,
anestrus.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- transmits
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- estonians
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- sensorium
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- Nestorius
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noun,
died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- monitress
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noun,
a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- turnstone
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noun,
any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
- teratosis
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noun,
teratism (def 2).
- neuromast
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noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- tautomers
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noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- strontias
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- Teutonism
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noun,
the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- strontium
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noun,
a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- sustainer
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noun,
a person or thing that sustains.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- tessitura
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noun,
the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition:
- unreasons
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- nutrients
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noun,
a nutrient substance.
- nutations
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- nutriment
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noun,
any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- mussitate
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verb (used without object),
to mutter; mumble.
- ointments
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noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- moistures
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- intrusts
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- Tarentum
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noun,
ancient name of Taranto.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- tear-out
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adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- sunstone
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noun,
a reddish variety of oligoclase feldspar, used as a gem, having a red and bright-yellow play of color.
- tautomer
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noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- soutanes
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noun,
a cassock.
- somatist
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noun,
a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- intrans.
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- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- smatters
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- stoutens
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verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- eastmost
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adjective,
easternmost.
- stratums
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noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- statures
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noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- situates
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adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- stentors
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- sternums
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- stomates
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noun,
stoma (def 1).
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- entrusts
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- strumose
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adjective,
having a struma or strumae.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- stunners
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noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- instants
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- entrants
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- stannous
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adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- stannums
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noun,
tin.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- outserts
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noun,
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- sinuates
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- nutrient
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noun,
a nutrient substance.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- nutmeats
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noun,
the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- nostrums
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- moistens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- ointment
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noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- onanisms
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- ossature
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noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- Ouessant
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noun,
French name of Ushant.
- mistrust
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noun,
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- munsters
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noun,
muenster.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neustons
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Mountain
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noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- nonissue
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noun,
a matter or issue of little or no interest or importance:
- nonsuits
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- nonusers
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- outsmart
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Idioms,
outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
- maestros
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- Matteson
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noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- ruminant
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- Masonite
-
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- martinet
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- routeman
-
noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- saunters
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- senarius
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noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- mannoses
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- routines
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- outstare
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in staring; stare down.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- minsters
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Minotaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- reinsman
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- minarets
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- remounts
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- resinous
-
adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- mentions
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rimstone
-
noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- ritenuto
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adverb, adjective,
(of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romaunts
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- mutation
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noun,
Biology.
a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- anemosis
-
noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- Antonius
-
noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Touraine
-
noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- unstates
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- anuresis
-
noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- tourisms
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- unreason
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- time-out
-
noun,
a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- toasters
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- unmitres
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- transits
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- unmiters
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- titmouse
-
noun,
any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- torments
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tutoress
-
noun,
a woman who is a tutor.
- turistas
-
noun,
tourista.
- antirust
-
noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- tsunamis
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- Antinous
-
noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antinome
-
noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- trainmen
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- arsenous
-
adjective,
containing arsenic in the trivalent state, as arsenous chloride, AsCl 3 .
- titanous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- trusties
-
adjective,
able to be trusted or relied on; trustworthy; reliable.
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- transmit
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- uranites
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tontines
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- anestrus
-
noun,
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
- tonsures
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- aneurins
-
noun,
thiamine.
- tinstone
-
noun,
cassiterite.
- artistes
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- trisomes
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- asterism
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Terminus
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- tritomas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- animuses
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- urinates
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- tonneaus
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- masseur
-
noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- antero-
-
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- issuant
-
adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- setouts
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- siennas
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- sistrum
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- situate
-
adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tonuses
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- sanious
-
adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- trismus
-
noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- touters
-
noun,
a tout.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- tourist
-
noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- seismo-
-
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- unstate
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- unseats
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- unseams
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- nonsuit
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- mostest
-
adjective, noun,
most.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- mousers
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- unisons
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- nutates
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- nutmeat
-
noun,
the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- mutates
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- mutants
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- mutters
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- muttons
-
noun,
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
- musties
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- musters
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- utmosts
-
noun,
Also, uttermost. the greatest degree or amount:
- nanisms
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- muntins
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- nemato-
-
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- neutro-
-
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minuses
-
noun,
minus sign.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- sonants
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- nutters
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ousters
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- misuser
-
noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- missout
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- outsert
-
noun,
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- outsets
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- outsits
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- Misenus
-
noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- stearo-
-
- Suttner
-
noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- steato-
-
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- sustain
-
verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- stemson
-
noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- autoist
-
noun,
motorist.
- 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.
- sterno-
-
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- Susanne
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Stetson
-
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- autisms
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- suntans
-
noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- stannum
-
noun,
tin.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- arouses
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tantrum
-
noun,
a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- arseno-
-
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- Statius
-
noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- tanists
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- stators
-
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).
- Austro-
-
- surmise
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- stratum
-
noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- Erastus
-
noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Erasmus
-
noun,
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- strunts
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- stratus
-
noun,
a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- strumas
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- eonisms
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- teutons
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- entrust
-
verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- estrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- sunrise
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- stomat-
-
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- testons
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- suasion
-
noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- tetanus
-
noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- stouten
-
verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- stature
-
noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Taunton
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- soutter
-
noun,
souter.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- tautens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- intens.
-
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- stamin-
-
- tasters
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- attunes
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- struts
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- trusts
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- utmost
-
noun,
Also, uttermost. the greatest degree or amount:
- sturts
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- outset
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- mutton
-
noun,
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tetra-
-
- terat-
-
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- numis.
-
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- urano-
-
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- neuro-
-
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- utero-
-
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- tauto-
-
- tarso-
-
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- tauro-
-
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- nemat-
-
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- urino-
-
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- nitro-
-
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- torses
-
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.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- 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.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- 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).
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- sensum
-
noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- somat-
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Somers
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- somni-
-
- Somnus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setout
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Samsun
-
noun,
a city in N Turkey, in Asia.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- steno-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- trans.
-
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Russo-
-
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- austr-
-
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- iatro-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- astro-
-
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- astron
-
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- merous
-
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- masto-
-
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- intro.
-
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- amino-
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- amnios
-
- aeron.
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- mousse
-
noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- mouses
-
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.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- aniso-
-
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- mutant
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- mutate
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- anemo-
-
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Iran.
-
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- inst.
-
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- intr.
-
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- seti-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- sero-
-
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- 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.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- aero-
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- 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.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- 30-30
-
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- matr-
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- mast-
-
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- rusts
-
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.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- uran-
-
- sates
-
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.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Amer.
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- amin-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- semi-
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- seats
-
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.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Unit.
-
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- 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.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- stat.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- term.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- toti-
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- asst.
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- assn.
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- 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.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- anti-
-
- atto-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- teno-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tears
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- atmo-
-
- Tenn.
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- ation
-
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- areo-
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Armen
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- arium
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- 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.
- Teut.
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tious
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stome
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- anis-
-
- ento-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- anim.
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- IATSE
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Euro-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Stets
-
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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- ante-
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- auto.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- annot
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- anon.
-
- Aust.
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- treas
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 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.
- sumos
-
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.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- nano-
-
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reni-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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)
- Minn.
-
- neut.
-
- naso-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reaum
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- meso-
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- mesas
-
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.
- meta-
-
- 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.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- metr-
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- naut.
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- miso-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- ORuss
-
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- 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.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- nears
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- MSEnt
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- MNurs
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- neur-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- onium
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- 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.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- nona-
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mutts
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ter.
-
- MNAS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- trit
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- amus
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- 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.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Tit.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- emia
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ASSR
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ASTM
-
- amt.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- tron
-
- str.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- ESIS
-
- tonn
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- eso-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mun.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Arm.
-
- nom.
-
- NTIA
-
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- osis
-
- Ens.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- ARIS
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- tRNA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- non-
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- eous
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sur-
-
- 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.
- Aus.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tasm
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ten.
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- aur-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- asis
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- ant.
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- mout
-
- 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
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NIRA
-
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- attn
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- taur
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ASME
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- not-
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ates
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- MSAE
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- MSIE
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tion
-
- atm.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- att.
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- MSTS
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tri-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- ann.
-
- Mon.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- ANSI
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- aut-
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ANTU
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- art.
-
- ano-
-
- mRNA
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- est.
-
- met.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- aer-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Man.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- sers
-
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).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- mes-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sem.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- uret
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- ISSN
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Aire
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- aet.
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- USNA
-
- USMA
-
- USIS
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- meas
-
- 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.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rus.
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- USIA
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- uria
-
- Mar.
-
- 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.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- 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.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- uro-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- saur
-
- USAR
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- RNAS
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ment
-
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- RONA
-
- SASE
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Sat.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- int.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- mis-
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ins.
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 1080
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- 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.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Ste.
-
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- inae
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tues
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- out-
-
- Eur.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- mus.
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- SMSA
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- 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)
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- uni-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ious
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMS
-
- NIA
-
- NMU
-
- TTS
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Am.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- uti
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- tue
-
- AME
-
- Tro
-
- Une
-
- ne-
-
- tr.
-
- NEA
-
- tra
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- USR
-
- 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.
- USM
-
- USO
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- NNE
-
- 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.
- USN
-
- TSS
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Mt.
-
- ae.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- mtn
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- MSA
-
- MTI
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- MSE
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Ar.
-
- UAR
-
- MSI
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- USA
-
- MSN
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- USS
-
- MST
-
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- UIT
-
- ure
-
- MTO
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- uns
-
- AMU
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- MRA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- AOU
-
- MRE
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- MTS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- MRI
-
- NES
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- an.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- aor
-
- ur-
-
- UMT
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- UNO
-
- RSS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- SSR
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- REA
-
- IOU
-
- SNU
-
- Ir.
-
- SMS
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- SSN
-
- SST
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IAS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- STI
-
- ETS
-
- MIT
-
- eu-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ier
-
- St.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Sta
-
- SMA
-
- ISA
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RNA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ROA
-
- Mao
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SAR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- 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.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ise
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MIE
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ISR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- mi.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- 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).
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- STM
-
- ITU
-
- ESU
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- at.
-
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- OAU
-
- OEM
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- MOI
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASU
-
- MOR
-
- eo-
-
- ASN
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
-
- TMO
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ARS
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ASM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIA
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- ast
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- EOM
-
- ose
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- MNE
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- EMR
-
- MNA
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- en-
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OSS
-
- MNS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ESR
-
- ote
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- OTS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ea.
-
- ONR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EIS
-
- Sus
-
- 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.
- ons
-
- rt.
-
- EAM
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ONI
-
- ean
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eir
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NM
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RU
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- UI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- TN
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- t.
-
- TM
-
- T1
-
- SN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TT
-
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- M.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- OA
-
- RN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- SU
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- R.
-
- AO
-
- RO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- U.
-
- MN
-