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- advisements
-
noun,
careful deliberation or consideration; consultation:
- sense-datum
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noun,
Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- mensurative
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adjective,
adapted for or concerned with measuring.
- nursemaids
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noun,
Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- advisement
-
noun,
careful deliberation or consideration; consultation:
- unsteadies
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adjective,
not steady or firm; unstable; shaky:
- streamside
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noun,
the land on the sides of a stream.
- East-sider
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noun,
a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- transudes
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- estuarine
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adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- estuaries
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noun,
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- averments
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noun,
the act of averring.
- sedatives
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noun,
a sedative drug or agent.
- readiness
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noun,
the condition of being ready.
- sederunts
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noun,
a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- underseas
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adverb,
beneath the surface of the sea.
- undersets
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noun,
a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- sustainer
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noun,
a person or thing that sustains.
- Evaristus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 105, pope 97–105.
- muraenids
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noun,
any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- numerates
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Sauternes
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noun,
a rich, sweet white table wine of France.
- masteries
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noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- maneuvers
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noun,
a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- saturnism
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noun,
lead poisoning (def 1b).
- steersman
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noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- verminate
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verb (used without object),
to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- advertise
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verb (used with object),
to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it:
- arsenides
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- nursemaid
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noun,
Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- andesites
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- assertive
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adjective,
confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
- amnesties
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noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- tradesmen
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noun,
a person engaged in trade.
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- derivates
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noun, adjective,
derivative.
- mutineers
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- adventure
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noun,
an exciting or very unusual experience.
- sirventes
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- demitasse
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noun,
a small cup for serving strong black coffee after dinner.
- Dissenter
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noun,
a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- dementias
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- muensters
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- Demetrias
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noun,
an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- denatures
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- dentures
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noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- radiuses
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noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- steamers
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- inverses
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- asserted
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- diesters
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- destines
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- rudiment
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noun,
Usually, rudiments.
the elements or first principles of a subject:
a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something:
- insureds
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noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- diestrus
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noun,
(in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- derivate
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noun, adjective,
derivative.
- diasters
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- Massenet
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noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- destains
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Stevinus
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noun,
Stevin, Simon.
- anuresis
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noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- detinues
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noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- versants
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- saunters
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- sternums
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Temesvar
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noun,
Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- maneuver
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noun,
a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- diastems
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- Madurese
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noun,
a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
- tenesmus
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noun,
a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.
- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- deviates
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noun,
a person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- sardines
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- dimeters
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- universe
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noun,
the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
- muraenid
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noun,
any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- undersea
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adverb,
underseas.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- underset
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noun,
a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- unitards
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- durmasts
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noun,
a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
- varmints
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noun,
Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
vermin.
an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- duramens
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noun,
heartwood.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- danseuse
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noun,
a female ballet dancer.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- demerits
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- untreads
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- dissever
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verb (used with object),
to sever; separate.
- disserve
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verb (used with object),
to be a disservice to; serve harmfully or injuriously.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- danseurs
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noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- ventures
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noun,
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- sinuates
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- standees
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- disaster
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noun,
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- denature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- denarius
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noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- stadiums
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noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- Eridanus
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noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- enuresis
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noun,
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
- averment
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noun,
the act of averring.
- sandiver
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noun,
a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- tsunamis
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- masseter
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noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- editress
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noun,
a woman employed in the work of editing.
- disrates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- emeritus
-
noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- sureties
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noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- advisers
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noun,
one who gives advice.
- sundries
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plural noun,
sundry things or items, especially small, miscellaneous items of little value.
Compare notion (def 6).
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- anestrus
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noun,
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
- versines
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noun,
versed sine.
- sturdies
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noun,
gid.
- meanders
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noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- adessive
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noun,
the locative case.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- Servetus
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noun,
Michael, 1511–53, Spanish physician and theologian, accused of heresy and burned at the stake.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- mustards
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noun,
a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- measured
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noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- seedsman
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noun,
a sower of seed.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- measures
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noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- vestries
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noun,
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- meatuses
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noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- senarius
-
noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- seamster
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- sediment
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noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- mutineer
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- mediates
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Sudanese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sudan.
- sederunt
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noun,
a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- medusans
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noun,
a medusa or jellyfish.
- misreads
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stuivers
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noun,
stiver (def 1).
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- munsters
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noun,
muenster.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- vestures
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noun,
Law.
everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
any such covering, as grass or wheat.
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Muenster
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- maundies
-
noun,
the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- seriemas
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- aniseeds
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- Sumerian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- misdates
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- maunders
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verb (used without object),
to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way.
- animuses
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- muriates
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- sedative
-
noun,
a sedative drug or agent.
- stuiver
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noun,
stiver (def 1).
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- unseams
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verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- minuses
-
noun,
minus sign.
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- unseats
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- studies
-
noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- dravite
-
noun,
a brown variety of magnesium tourmaline.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- masseur
-
noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- residue
-
noun,
something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- tussive
-
adjective,
of or relating to a cough.
- resedas
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- resends
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- unarmed
-
adjective,
without weapons or armor.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- strives
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- strumas
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- undress
-
noun,
dress of a style designed to be worn on other than highly formal or ceremonial occasions; informal dress as opposed to full dress.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- dustmen
-
noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- Dustman
-
noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- dusters
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- minders
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- durmast
-
noun,
a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
- durians
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Durante
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- Minerva
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts, identified with the Greek goddess Athena.
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- duramen
-
noun,
heartwood.
- dunites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- minever
-
noun,
miniver.
- resumes
-
noun,
résumé.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- sustain
-
verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- sistrum
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- mustees
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- mustard
-
noun,
a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- dimeter
-
noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- Sudeten
-
noun,
Also, Sudetes [soo-dee-teez] /suˈdi tiz/ (Show IPA). Czech Sudety [soo -de-ti] /ˈsʊ dɛ tɪ/ (Show IPA). a mountain range in E central Europe, extending along the N boundary of the Czech Republic between the Elbe and Oder rivers. Highest peak, 5259 feet (1603 meters).
- sunrise
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- sunders
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- sundaes
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- devises
-
noun,
Law.
the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will.
a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property.
the property so disposed of.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- deviate
-
noun,
a person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard.
- deviant
-
noun,
a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.
- devests
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to divest.
- deveins
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- deuter-
-
- Suevian
-
noun,
a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- detinue
-
noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- revests
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- missend
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- divests
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.:
- diverts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- diverse
-
adjective,
of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike:
- revises
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- ureases
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- ureides
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Misenus
-
noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- dissert
-
verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- surmise
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- dissave
-
verb (used without object),
to withdraw or spend savings, especially to meet increased living expenses.
- misuser
-
noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- dismast
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- diseuse
-
noun,
a female professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- diseurs
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- disease
-
noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- mitered
-
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.
- musties
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- musters
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- disarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- reseaus
-
noun,
a network.
- Medusas
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- steamed
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- radiums
-
noun,
Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- invests
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- invades
-
verb (used with object),
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent:
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- medusan
-
noun,
a medusa or jellyfish.
- insured
-
noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- ideatum
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- issuant
-
adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Stevens
-
noun,
Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- massive
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains: second highest in U.S. Rockies. 14,421 feet (4396 meters).
- tediums
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- maunder
-
verb (used without object),
to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- nudisms
-
noun,
the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- sidemen
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- tenured
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- meander
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- stivers
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- ensures
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- endures
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- trussed
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- endives
-
noun,
a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.
Compare escarole.
- reissue
-
noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- Tardieu
-
noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- remands
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- reedman
-
noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- reminds
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- remudas
-
noun,
a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- ravined
-
adjective,
marked or furrowed with ravines.
- menders
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- evident
-
adjective,
plain or clear to the sight or understanding:
- Eventus
-
noun,
Bonus Eventus.
- strands
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- Meriden
-
noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- stamin-
-
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- strides
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- tressed
-
adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- erudite
-
adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- stadium
-
noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- redness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- trismus
-
noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- tardive
-
adjective,
appearing or tending to appear late, as in human development or in the treatment of a disease.
- Erastus
-
noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- Erasmus
-
noun,
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- madness
-
noun,
the state of being mad; insanity.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- amusive
-
adjective,
amusing; entertaining.
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- Daumier
-
noun,
Honoré [aw-naw-rey] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1808–79, French painter, cartoonist, and lithographer.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- datives
-
noun,
the dative case.
- varuses
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- Seaside
-
noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- sidearm
-
adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- versets
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Danvers
-
noun,
a town in NE Massachusetts, near Boston.
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- varmint
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
vermin.
an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- Sievers
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ du ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, German philologist.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- Vietnam
-
noun,
Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi.
Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- dements
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- dementi
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- demeans
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- vinasse
-
noun,
the residuum in a still after distillation; slop.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- sedates
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- sedarim
-
noun,
a plural of Seder.
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- AmerInd
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- vesture
-
noun,
Law.
everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
any such covering, as grass or wheat.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- vaunted
-
noun,
a boastful action or utterance.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- demises
-
noun,
death or decease.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- verdant
-
adjective,
green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass:
- assumed
-
adjective,
adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned:
- assured
-
noun,
Insurance.
the beneficiary under a policy.
the person whose life or property is covered by a policy.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- sardius
-
noun,
sard.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- verdins
-
noun,
a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- ventrad
-
adverb,
toward the ventral side; ventrally.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- venturi
-
noun,
Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.
- venture
-
noun,
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- vendues
-
noun,
a public auction.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Severus
-
noun,
Lucius Septimius [sep-tim-ee-uh s] /sɛpˈtɪm i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 146–211, Roman emperor 193–211.
- Sanders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Avertin
-
- vermian
-
adjective,
resembling or of the nature of a worm.
- Avernus
-
noun,
a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- venders
-
noun,
vendor.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- verisms
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- autisms
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- demerit
-
noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- viruses
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- adverts
-
noun,
advertisement.
- adverse
-
adjective,
unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect:
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- advents
-
noun,
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- denture
-
noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- Admetus
-
noun,
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
- dereism
-
noun,
autism.
- advisee
-
noun,
one of a group of students assigned to a faculty adviser for help in selection of a course of studies.
- senders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- visards
-
noun,
vizard.
- dermat-
-
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- vistaed
-
adjective,
possessing or forming a vista or vistas.
- deserts
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- vitreum
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- desires
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desmans
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- dessert
-
noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- ventri-
-
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- adviser
-
noun,
one who gives advice.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- advises
-
verb (used with object),
to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following:
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- viands
-
noun,
an article of food.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- vermi-
-
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- sudser
-
noun,
a soap opera.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- numis.
-
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- radium
-
noun,
Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tiered
-
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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- visard
-
noun,
vizard.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- verism
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- arsen-
-
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- steres
-
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- saudis
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- vermin
-
noun,
noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- vermis
-
noun,
the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- nudism
-
noun,
the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- venues
-
noun,
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- vitrum
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sensum
-
noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- suedes
-
noun,
kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Vtesse
-
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- mudras
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- invade
-
verb (used with object),
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent:
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- intra-
-
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- staves
-
noun,
a plural of staff1 .
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- invars
-
- verdin
-
noun,
a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Verdun
-
noun,
a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- inter.
-
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Struve
-
noun,
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- sevens
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- instr.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- nemat-
-
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- vested
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Vestas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- versus
-
preposition,
against (used especially to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest):
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Advent
-
noun,
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Medit.
-
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- Medusa
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- virtue
-
noun,
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- sedums
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Mervin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- advert
-
noun,
advertisement.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- merdes
-
noun,
excrement.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- advise
-
verb (used with object),
to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following:
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- 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.).
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- versed
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Marvin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nimrud
-
noun,
modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- verses
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- adren-
-
- mavens
-
noun,
an expert or connoisseur.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- versts
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- maunds
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- 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.
- midsts
-
- matri-
-
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- tedium
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- savins
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- unmade
-
adjective,
not made.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- duress
-
noun,
compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- datums
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- dative
-
noun,
the dative case.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- driven
-
noun,
the act of driving.
- drives
-
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- davens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pray.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- varied
-
adjective,
characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified:
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- davits
-
noun,
any of various cranelike devices used singly or in pairs for supporting, raising, and lowering especially boats, anchors, and cargo over a hatchway or side of a ship.
- Davies
-
noun,
Arthur Bowen [boh-uh n] /ˈboʊ ən/ (Show IPA), 1862–1928, U.S. painter.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- remuda
-
noun,
a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sevres
-
noun,
a suburb of Paris in N France.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- 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.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- duvets
-
noun,
a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.
- under-
-
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- vastus
-
noun,
any of several muscles in the front part of the thigh constituting part of the quadriceps muscle, the action of which assists in extending the leg.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- turves
-
noun,
plural of turf.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- derive
-
verb (used with object),
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- deriv.
-
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Denver
-
noun,
John (Henry Deutschendorf) 1943–97, U.S. country singer.
- denti-
-
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Dessau
-
noun,
a city in NE central Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the capital of Anhalt.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- devein
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
- devise
-
noun,
Law.
the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will.
a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property.
the property so disposed of.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Devers
-
noun,
Gail, born 1966, U.S. track athlete.
- devest
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to divest.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Devine
-
adjective, noun, verb,
a frequent misspelling of divine.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- divest
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.:
- deisms
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- reuses
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- reused
-
adjective,
noting wool that previously has been spun, woven, and used.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- divert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- divers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dives.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- demurs
-
noun,
the act of making objection.
- demure
-
adjective,
characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- distr.
-
- disuse
-
noun,
discontinuance of use or practice:
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- revues
-
noun,
a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- austr-
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- vendue
-
noun,
a public auction.
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- enter-
-
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- avenue
-
noun,
a wide street or main thoroughfare.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- endues
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- etudes
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ventr-
-
- evades
-
verb (used with object),
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
Synonyms: avoid, dodge.
Antonyms: face, confront.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Evadne
-
noun,
the wife of Capaneus who threw herself on his funeral pyre.
- trans.
-
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- essive
-
noun,
the essive case.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Samsun
-
noun,
a city in N Turkey, in Asia.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- vender
-
noun,
vendor.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- endive
-
noun,
a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.
Compare escarole.
- severs
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Sivas
-
noun,
a city in central Turkey.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- semi-
-
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- suave
-
adjective,
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reni-
-
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- suede
-
noun,
kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- seti-
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- nitr-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- 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).
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ster.
-
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- sanit
-
- Srta.
-
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- retd.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- neur-
-
- neut.
-
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- nudi-
-
- Reaum
-
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- 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)
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- revue
-
noun,
a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- naut.
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- nears
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- nevus
-
noun,
any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- Sans.
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Unit.
-
- dusts
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- duvet
-
noun,
a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.
- Dvina
-
noun,
Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- andr-
-
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- Univ.
-
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Diver
-
noun,
a person or thing that dives.
- Dives
-
noun,
the rich man of the parable in Luke 16:19–31.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- uran-
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Drave
-
noun,
the act of driving.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- anim.
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- divas
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- amid-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Amer.
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- vends
-
verb (used with object),
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling:
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- treas
-
- vests
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- amin-
-
- edit.
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- vertu
-
noun,
virtu.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- divan
-
noun,
a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- assn.
-
- varus
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datum
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- asst.
-
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Daven
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pray.
- Davie
-
noun,
a town in SE Florida.
- Davis
-
noun,
Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- davit
-
noun,
any of various cranelike devices used singly or in pairs for supporting, raising, and lowering especially boats, anchors, and cargo over a hatchway or side of a ship.
- vari-
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- darts
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deave
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf; deafen.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Verde
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Verdi
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- uveas
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- avers
-
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Venda
-
noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- Aust.
-
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- veni-
-
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Vedas
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- ative
-
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- venue
-
noun,
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Venus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- vasts
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- diam.
-
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anti-
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- ante-
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- dist.
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- dent.
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- demi-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demur
-
noun,
the act of making objection.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- utend
-
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- devas
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- derm-
-
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Deut.
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arium
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- advt.
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- virtu
-
noun,
excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- metr-
-
- tears
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matr-
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- maund
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- Mauve
-
noun,
a pale bluish purple.
- maven
-
noun,
an expert or connoisseur.
- Mavis
-
noun,
a song thrush.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- vinum
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a solution of a medicinal substance in wine.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- surds
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- surv.
-
- visas
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- MNurs
-
- vises
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- MSEnt
-
- 30-30
-
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- mudra
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Munda
-
noun,
a small family of languages spoken in east-central India.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Miss.
-
- aden-
-
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mirvs
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- vined
-
adjective,
covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines:
- mast-
-
- invt.
-
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- viand
-
noun,
an article of food.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Invar
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Vidar
-
noun,
a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- veter
-
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- evade
-
verb (used with object),
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
Synonyms: avoid, dodge.
Antonyms: face, confront.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- evens
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- IATSE
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- AMEDS
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- vimen
-
noun,
a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tera-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- term.
-
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- vet.
-
- Vida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- serv
-
- vide
-
verb,
see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- vims
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- vers
-
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- vin-
-
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Vend
-
verb (used with object),
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling:
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- trav
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tRNA
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRAM
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- suds
-
noun,
soapy water.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Suva
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- taur
-
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TDRS
-
- str.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Sra.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- var.
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- uvea
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- 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.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- vas-
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vat.
-
- vatu
-
noun,
a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Vaud
-
noun,
a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Veda
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Ven.
-
- USNA
-
- USMA
-
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- uni-
-
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SMSA
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- USIS
-
- uret
-
- uria
-
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- USAR
-
- USDA
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIA
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 1080
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- MNAS
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Dave
-
noun,
a male given name, form of David.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- MSAE
-
- dat.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- MSEE
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- MSIE
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- mis-
-
- Eur.
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MIRV
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- MSTS
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Mid.
-
- NASD
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Ave.
-
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- aut-
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nav.
-
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aud.
-
- avid
-
adjective,
showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, keen; devoted, dedicated; zealous, fanatic.
Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic; reluctant.
- MVEd
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- mun.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- avn.
-
- mus.
-
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- MusD
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- ESIS
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Esd.
-
- midn
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- neem
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- 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.
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dim.
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- ISSN
-
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drum
-
noun,
a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- med.
-
- dia-
-
- devs
-
noun,
a software developer:
- 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.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- dive
-
noun,
an act or instance of diving.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- inv.
-
- diva
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- div.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- dis-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Devi
-
noun,
a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Den.
-
- ment
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- der.
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Ind.
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Deva
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- 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.
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marv
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Marvin.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- MDES
-
- mdnt
-
- mdse
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Aire
-
- emia
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- EMet
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- AIME
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RNAS
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rev.
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- 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).
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- amdt
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- EDTA
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- adv.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- std.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Adm.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- saur
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- 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.
- SASE
-
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- 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.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ASME
-
- DVMS
-
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ens.
-
- rad.
-
- NTIA
-
- RADM
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- atm.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIRA
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- ANSI
-
- amt.
-
- end-
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- amus
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ands
-
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ARIS
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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)
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Arm.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Dr.
-
- DNA
-
- ur-
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UMT
-
- DUI
-
- DNR
-
- ead
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- DVS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DSR
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- DSS
-
- DST
-
- USS
-
- DSA
-
- Une
-
- UIT
-
- USA
-
- TVA
-
- uns
-
- ETD
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- DRE
-
- ea.
-
- Du.
-
- UAR
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- 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.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- 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).
- DAR
-
- DMV
-
- 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.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ard
-
- ARS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARU
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ast
-
- Ver
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- 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.
- ASV
-
- Ar.
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- VSS
-
- VRM
-
- VMD
-
- Am.
-
- ad-
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- av.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- vim
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- DMT
-
- di.
-
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USV
-
- USR
-
- DET
-
- USN
-
- Dev
-
noun,
a software developer:
- USM
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- uva
-
noun,
ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- ure
-
- DMA
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- DMS
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Va.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- VDT
-
- ATV
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- a-v
-
- Avi
-
- DSM
-
- DVM
-
- DAE
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- VDU
-
- VDM
-
- vs.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- DAV
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TID
-
- ed.
-
- NMR
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- STM
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- STI
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NMU
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Rd.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- Sus
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- NAD
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- MTV
-
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- STV
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RDA
-
- SVS
-
- SAE
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- sd.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Rs.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SDA
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- SDS
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RSA
-
- rnd
-
- RDS
-
- SRS
-
- REA
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RNA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- SMA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sr.
-
- SMD
-
- SMS
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SNU
-
- SVR
-
- MSD
-
- ier
-
- TSS
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- TSE
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- TSI
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- 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.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EMR
-
- Ir.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- TIA
-
- Tu.
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IAS
-
- TMV
-
- ist
-
- ETR
-
- env
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ERV
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESU
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- ETS
-
- ETV
-
- eu-
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ISR
-
- tue
-
- ISV
-
- mi.
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- MeV
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- eir
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MIE
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITV
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- IUD
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- ium
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- IUS
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- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- tui
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noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Md.
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- Me.
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- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- EIS
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- eme
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noun,
friend.
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- tum
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verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- EI
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- UV
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- VN
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- UI
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- U.
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- A.
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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.
- RV
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
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- Ud
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- RU
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- SA
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- EV
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- S.
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- VM
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TD
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- ee
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- MV
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- D.
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DV
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- SU
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NI
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- V.
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- MN
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- VD
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- VI
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- VR
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- SV
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- ND
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SN
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- i.
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TN
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- TM
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- DN
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- RN
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- M.
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- RI
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- DM
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- NV
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NM
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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.
- VU
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