Anagrams of mensuration
Word mensuration has
1 exact anagrams and 1801 other words
that can be made by using the letters of mensuration.
- numerations
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- 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.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- 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.
- 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.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- nominates
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- 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.
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- 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:
- innermost
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noun,
the innermost part.
- neuromast
-
noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- Rosinante
-
noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- 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.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- 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.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- 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).
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- resonant
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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).
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- 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.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- 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.
- mentions
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- 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:
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Masonite
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- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- taurines
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Norseman
-
noun,
Northman.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- Touraine
-
noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- 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.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- 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.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- 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.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- 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.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- intrans.
-
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- romaunts
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- reinsman
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- senorita
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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.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- 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.
- 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.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- 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).
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- 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.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Minotaur
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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.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mention
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Manitou
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noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- tinamou
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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.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atriums
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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.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- remnant
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noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Austro-
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- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- Riemann
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noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- 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.
- stunner
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noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- stannum
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noun,
tin.
- stamin-
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- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- manures
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noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- mannose
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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.
- mannite
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noun,
mannitol.
- Manners
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noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Sirenum
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noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- stearin
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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.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- intens.
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- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- seminar
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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
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- introns
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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.
- inturns
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smarten
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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:
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- 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.
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Maurist
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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.
- matures
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Sunnite
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noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- stearo-
-
- Martinu
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noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Estonia
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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.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- sternum
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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.
- sterno-
-
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- 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.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- aristo-
-
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- 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.
- tsunami
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- muntins
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noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- 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.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- 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.
- 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.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- 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.
- nemato-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- neutro-
-
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- arseno-
-
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- 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.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- 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.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- 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.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- 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.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- 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.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- 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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- 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)
- neuro-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- 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.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- nemat-
-
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- 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:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- 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.
- 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.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- 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.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- nitro-
-
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- 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.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- 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.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- 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.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- 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.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- 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.).
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- 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.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- merous
-
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- 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.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- numis.
-
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- masto-
-
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- 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.
- matri-
-
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- 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.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- 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.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tarso-
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tauro-
-
- 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.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- 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.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- 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.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- 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.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- urano-
-
- aeron.
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- urino-
-
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- utero-
-
- amnios
-
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- 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.
- aniso-
-
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- 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.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- anemo-
-
- 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.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- 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.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- 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.
- inter.
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- steno-
-
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- 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.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- instr.
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- intra-
-
- iatro-
-
- 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.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- somat-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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).
- intro.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- oste-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- sanit
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onium
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- 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.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- treas
-
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sito-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- seti-
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- 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.
- Sino-
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- neut.
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- 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.
- uran-
-
- sero-
-
- Unit.
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- 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.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- 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.
- 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.).
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- semi-
-
- 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.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- 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.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nitr-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- nona-
-
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- tears
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- 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).
- Tenn.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- 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.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- ster.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- 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.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 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.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tera-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tious
-
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- tonia
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- reni-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- term.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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)
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- neur-
-
- atmo-
-
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- astr.
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ation
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- intr.
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mero-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- inst.
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- meno-
-
- auto.
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- 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.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- matr-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arium
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- Armen
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- 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.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Aust.
-
- 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.
- areo-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ento-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Euro-
-
- 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.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minn.
-
- 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.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- 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.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mont.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- meso-
-
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- meta-
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- 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.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- IATSE
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- metr-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- MNurs
-
- MSEnt
-
- Iran.
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- aero-
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- naut.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- aeri-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- nears
-
- 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.
- 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.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- amin-
-
- 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.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Amer.
-
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- 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.
- 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.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- anon.
-
- mast-
-
- ante-
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 30-30
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- anim.
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- 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.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- 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.
- inae
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sra.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- SRAM
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Eur.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sat.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Ste.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- iso-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 1080
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ious
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ins.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- saur
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- emia
-
- est.
-
- tRNA
-
- ano-
-
- tri-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- ant.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- amus
-
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- 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.
- amt.
-
- ANSI
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- Arm.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ANTU
-
- ARIS
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- art.
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AIME
-
- aet.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- uret
-
- uria
-
- uro-
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- USAR
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USIA
-
- USMA
-
- USNA
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- uni-
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- eso-
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- sur-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Ens.
-
- Tasm
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- str.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- eous
-
- 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.
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- taur
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- ASTM
-
- 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.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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:
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ASME
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- aut-
-
- 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Aus.
-
- ator
-
- ter.
-
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- not-
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mun.
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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)
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- met.
-
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- min.
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- mus.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- 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.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- 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.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mout
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- out-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- NTIA
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- MSIE
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Mon.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- RONA
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mar.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- NIRA
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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).
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- 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.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- RNAS
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- nom.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- men-
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- ment
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- MSA
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ae.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Am.
-
- Ar.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- an.
-
- OAU
-
- OEM
-
- OIt
-
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NIA
-
- ARS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- USM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- uti
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- NES
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ONI
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ASN
-
- MRI
-
- 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.
- USN
-
- ASM
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TMO
-
- MRA
-
- ASI
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ase
-
- MRE
-
- ARU
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- mtn
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- NNE
-
- AMU
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tue
-
- NMU
-
- 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.
- AME
-
- NMR
-
- Tro
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- UIT
-
- USA
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UAR
-
- UMT
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Une
-
- AMS
-
- NMI
-
- UNO
-
- OAS
-
- MSN
-
- ure
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- MST
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- tr.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- AOU
-
- 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.
- MSI
-
- 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.
- MSE
-
- Mt.
-
- tra
-
- uns
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ur-
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- MTI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NSU
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- NUM
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- SNU
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ine
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- 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 = .
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ior
-
- SMA
-
- 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
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- io-
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- eu-
-
- MIE
-
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ASU
-
- Ia.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ier
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Sr.
-
- mi.
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- STM
-
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Me.
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Mao
-
- SAR
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- rte
-
- IUS
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- 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.
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ium
-
- ist
-
- 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).
- ITA
-
- Rs.
-
- ite
-
- 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:
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- STI
-
- ITU
-
- 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.
- EIS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- 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.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eir
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- EAM
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ESU
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MOI
-
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- EMR
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- at.
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- MOR
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- RMA
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- MNE
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- REA
-
- MIT
-
- MNA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- MNS
-
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- ESR
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ESA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ERT
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RU
-
- 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.
- SA
-
- TM
-
- SM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- S.
-
- SU
-
- TN
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- RO
-
- UI
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- U.
-
- RI
-
- NM
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- EI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- N.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- MN
-
- SN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.