Anagrams of meroblastic
Word meroblastic has
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- cabriolets
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- bacteriol.
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- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- artmobile
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noun,
a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- Cristobal
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noun,
a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, adjacent to Colón.
- Baltimore
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noun,
a black nymphalid butterfly, Melitaea phaeton, characterized by orange-red, yellow, and white markings, common in those areas of the northeastern U.S. where turtlehead, the food plant of its larvae, is found.
- brocatels
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- boracites
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- cabrioles
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- laborites
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- metabolic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- cabriolet
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- mislocate
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verb (used with object),
to misplace.
- camisole
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noun,
a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.
- brocatel
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- claimers
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noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- embroils
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verb (used with object),
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
- bimetals
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- bricoles
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noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- meticals
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- bacteri-
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- bromates
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- microbes
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noun,
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- sociable
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
- Clematis
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noun,
any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- climbers
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noun,
a person or thing that climbs.
- cabriole
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- calibers
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- alembics
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noun,
a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
- basilect
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noun,
the variety of language in a creole continuum that is most distinct from the acrolect.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- timbales
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- temblors
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noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- scramble
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noun,
a quick climb or progression over rough, irregular ground.
- clambers
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noun,
an act or instance of clambering.
- strobila
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noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- Beltrami
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- timbrels
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- iceboats
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- bisector
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noun,
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Laborism
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noun,
a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- cramboes
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noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- obstacle
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noun,
something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- corbeils
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- metrical
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adjective,
pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- scleroma
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noun,
a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- moralist
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noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- orbitals
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- lamberts
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- re-claim
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verb (used with object),
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- cembalos
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noun,
harpsichord.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- ARTEMIS
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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.
- cambers
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noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Mirabel
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noun,
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- rambles
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noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- caliber
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- cambist
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- miracle
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noun,
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- tombacs
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noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- astrol.
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- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- camlets
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noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- iceboat
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- Camelot
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noun,
the legendary site of King Arthur's palace and court, possibly near Exeter, England.
- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- cambrel
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noun,
gambrel.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- metical
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- bloater
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- borstal
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- blastic
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- blasto-
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- stearo-
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- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Bleriot
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noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- Lambert
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- mortals
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noun,
a human being.
- bolster
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- reclaim
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noun,
reclamation:
- morales
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- Belasco
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noun,
David, 1854–1931, U.S. playwright, actor, and producer.
- becalms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm:
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- limbate
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adjective,
bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- limbers
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noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- timbals
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noun,
a kettledrum.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- timbale
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- mobster
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noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- mobiles
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noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- cablets
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noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- cabrito
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noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- timbrel
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- 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.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- bricole
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noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- bimetal
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- bromals
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noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- aristo-
-
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- Colbert
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noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- combats
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- combers
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noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- alembic
-
noun,
a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- Coimbra
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- claimer
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- maltose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- malices
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- amoebic
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adjective,
amebic.
- Marisol
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noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- Trimble
-
noun,
David, born 1944, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel prize 1998.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- marbles
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noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- clamors
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- colmars
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- microbe
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- climate
-
noun,
the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
- embolic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to an embolus or to embolism.
- climber
-
noun,
a person or thing that climbs.
- Ambrose
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noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- clamber
-
noun,
an act or instance of clambering.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- embroil
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verb (used with object),
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- cembalo
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noun,
harpsichord.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- oblates
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- temblor
-
noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- cormels
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- cobalts
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- Corbeil
-
noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- cerato-
-
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- triable
-
- 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.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- sclero-
-
- corbels
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- bromal
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- tarso-
-
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Bomarc
-
noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- crambo
-
noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- labio-
-
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- comber
-
noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- Combes
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- lacto-
-
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- celto-
-
- bromic
-
adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- 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.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- serbo-
-
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- iatro-
-
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- carbo-
-
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- cerat-
-
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- timbal
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- cambio
-
noun,
a currency exchange.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- camber
-
noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- climbs
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Mobile
-
noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- matri-
-
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- limbas
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- macro-
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- becalm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm:
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Limber
-
noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- sacro-
-
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- tribo-
-
- limbos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- 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.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- tombac
-
noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- astro-
-
- 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.).
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- scato-
-
- somat-
-
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- masto-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- 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.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- blames
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- 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.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- recti-
-
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- rectos
-
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- metal.
-
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ambles
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- scler-
-
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- aceto-
-
- sarco-
-
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- metro-
-
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- micro-
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- octa-
-
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- crit.
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- mero-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- 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.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- meta-
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- meso-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Metol
-
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- metr-
-
- Melia
-
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- 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.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- ecol.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- mast-
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- masc.
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- OIcel
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- matr-
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- licet
-
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- limbo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- biol.
-
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- lact-
-
- ster.
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- estab
-
- sito-
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- male-
-
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- OBrit
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- misc.
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Icel.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- 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.
- ileo-
-
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- miso-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Srta.
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- 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.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- IATSE
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- 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.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Balt.
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- baro-
-
- Bart.
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- 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.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- 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).
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Recit
-
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- 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.
- 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)
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- 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).
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- 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.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- BMarE
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- bact.
-
- Brale
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- scat-
-
- Alcor
-
- aero-
-
- treas
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- aeri-
-
- alti-
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- 30-30
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- 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.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- abstr
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- acet-
-
- sarc-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acro-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alto-
-
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- Scot.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- asco-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- atmo-
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Amer.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- coel-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- semi-
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- 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.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carb-
-
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- orial
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- colat
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clomb
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of climb.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- oste-
-
- Seric
-
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clase
-
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- climb
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- sero-
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- tera-
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cero-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- term.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- BSCom
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- BSMet
-
- cores
-
- BSRet
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- 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.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- sect.
-
- telo-
-
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- sebi-
-
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Brit.
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- brom-
-
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- seti-
-
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- Camb.
-
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- comb.
-
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Comr.
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SBIC
-
- scil
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- mil.
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- sci.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- SBLI
-
- Sol.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Mic.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Sam.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ScBE
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Sat.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- 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.
- Saml
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- 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.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- ole-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sab.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SATB
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- 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.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- mol.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- SLIC
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SLBM
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- 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)
- sec.
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- MSIE
-
- MSAE
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MSBA
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- MSBC
-
- MSCE
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- msec
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- obs.
-
- 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.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- mis-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- 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.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Oct.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- 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).
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Sem.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- RIBA
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- scr.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- met.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bol.
-
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- 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.
- BSAE
-
- BSCE
-
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- BSEM
-
- Tob.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bio-
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- BLit
-
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- BMet
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- BMOC
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- BSEc
-
- BSIE
-
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cml.
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cet-
-
- Cels
-
- BSIR
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- BSIT
-
- BSLM
-
- BSME
-
- BSMT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSRT
-
- btl.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 1080
-
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- CBEL
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alb.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- ALBM
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- tri-
-
- Alco
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Aire
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abr.
-
- abs-
-
- AIME
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- TRIB
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amt.
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bar.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- BRCS
-
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- BASc
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- ASME
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- atm.
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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:
- ator
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Col.
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Ste.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lea.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- str.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itol
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lam.
-
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- lobs
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- LRBM
-
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- SRBM
-
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- iso-
-
- Lab.
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tasm
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ELAS
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- TCBM
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coml
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- ible
-
- IMCO
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ile-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- IRBM
-
- ICBM
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Ire.
-
- TMO
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- tlo
-
- se-
-
- 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).
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SMA
-
- Tro
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- STM
-
- SLR
-
- STL
-
- TLC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TCS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SCM
-
- Sta
-
- tr.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SMB
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- TAL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- STB
-
- SLA
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tra
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- TCA
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- TIA
-
- Sr.
-
- SLE
-
- SRB
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SCB
-
- TBA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- STI
-
- St.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- sc.
-
- EAM
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- 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.
- CRT
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- CSA
-
- CRS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CEO
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- CIA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CMA
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- EMR
-
- cr.
-
- IRS
-
- ILS
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SBE
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ETO
-
- EMT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ier
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Amb
-
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- asb
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- ALM
-
- ALC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- abt
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ABM
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- ATC
-
- BCE
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- BRT
-
- BMI
-
- BMR
-
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BRE
-
- BRM
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BSL
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BSA
-
- BSE
-
- BSM
-
- BSO
-
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- CBE
-
- BME
-
- BLS
-
- BCL
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- bl.
-
- BSC
-
- Br.
-
- Bac
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BLM
-
- BCS
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bec
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BIE
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BLA
-
- ble
-
- ite
-
- 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.
- MTO
-
- OSB
-
- MTS
-
- ROA
-
- ob.
-
- RMC
-
- Oc.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- MTI
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
-
- La.
-
- Mt.
-
- OCR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- 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.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MST
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RCA
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
-
- ot-
-
- Re.
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- OTA
-
- ose
-
- OEM
-
- Om.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Ola
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
-
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- LMT
-
- So.
-
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSC
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LCT
-
- LSM
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- Lt.
-
- SAR
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SAE
-
- LCM
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LSI
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
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- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mat
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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.
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- MCI
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- Rs.
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- MCR
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- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
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- Mel
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noun,
honey.
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Meo
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noun,
Miao (def 1).
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- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIB
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noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIE
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- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
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- Mao
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- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
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- MBE
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- Mc-
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- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
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plural,
manuscript.
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- M-1
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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.
- Mab
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noun,
Queen Mab.
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- AI
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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.
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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.
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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- TC
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- le
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- t.
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- L2
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- L1
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
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- Eb
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
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- RC
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- BM
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- BO
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
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- CE
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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