Anagrams of misfeasance
Word misfeasance has
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- amnesiacs
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- casefies
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become like cheese.
- fiancees
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- Macanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- Maecenas
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noun,
Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- fascines
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- feasance
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noun,
the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.
- amnesias
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- amnesiac
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- 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.
- amesaces
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noun,
ambsace.
- faiences
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- cassina
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noun,
dahoon.
- fascine
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- Siamese
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noun,
a native of Siam.
- fancies
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noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- enfaces
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verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- amesace
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noun,
ambsace.
- incases
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- aminase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- amnesia
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- finesse
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noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- fascias
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noun,
a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- anemias
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- fiancee
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- menaces
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- Fascism
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- Meissen
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noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- semaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Camenae
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plural noun,
four wise and prophetic deities or fountain nymphs: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta; later identified with the Greek Muses.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Massena
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noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cassena
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noun,
dahoon.
- Nemesis
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noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- misease
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- faience
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- Siemens
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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.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- fiances
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- inseams
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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.
- ecesis
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noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- faeces
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noun,
feces.
- asemia
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noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- mafias
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noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- facsim
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- Samain
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noun,
Samhain.
- Animas
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noun,
soul; life.
- mensas
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noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- massif
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noun,
a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.
- menace
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- menses
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noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- easies
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- anises
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- scenas
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- camise
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Manisa
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noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- camass
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- caiman
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- inseam
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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.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- meanie
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noun,
Informal. meany.
- facias
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noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- asians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- seamen
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noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Seaman
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noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- manias
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noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- fincas
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noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- semens
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noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- censes
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- facies
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noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- icemen
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Samian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- sesame
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noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Ismene
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noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- messin
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noun,
messan.
- masais
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noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- faenas
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noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- enface
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verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- famine
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noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- Cassia
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noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Neisse
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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.
- saices
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noun,
syce.
- fiance
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- AFSCME
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- Cassie
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noun,
huisache.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- ceases
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noun,
cessation:
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Isaacs
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noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Anemia
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Nicaea
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noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- manses
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noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- fences
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noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- emesis
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noun,
vomitus.
- fascia
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noun,
a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fasces
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noun,
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
- Aeneas
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noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- messan
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noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- sains
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verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- feces
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noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- seems
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verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- mania
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noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- faena
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noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- manic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- manse
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noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cine-
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- cease
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noun,
cessation:
- Nemea
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noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- sanes
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noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Essen
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noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- enema
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noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- fanes
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noun,
a temple.
- fames
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noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- Sans.
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- Samas
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noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Saman
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noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- sasin
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noun,
blackbuck.
- maces
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noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Isaac
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noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- scams
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noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- safes
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noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- scans
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noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- eases
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noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- fiscs
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noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Mafia
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noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- mafic
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adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- faces
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noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- Maine
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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.
- facia
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noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- incas
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noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- seams
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noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- manas
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noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- femes
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Nasca
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adjective,
Nazca.
- Masai
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noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- AMICE
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- amain
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adverb,
with full force.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Naima
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noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- amass
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verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- amens
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noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mises
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noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
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noun,
Mass.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amin-
-
- amine
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amiss
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Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- fines
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noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- NAAFI
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noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- mesne
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adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- sense
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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:
- mesas
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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.
- Miass
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noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- misce
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verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinas
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noun,
a female given name.
- misc.
-
- aceae
-
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- 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.
- aecia
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noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- aemia
-
- Siena
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noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 30-30
-
- Sices
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noun,
syce.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- anim.
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- seise
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verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- McFee
-
noun,
William, 1881–1966, English writer.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- assn.
-
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- masc.
-
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- semis
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- ASEAN
-
- semi-
-
- femic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- 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.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- inae
-
- Inf.
-
- IAEA
-
- Inc.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- iana
-
- 1080
-
- ins.
-
- min.
-
- 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:
- 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.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- men-
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- NACA
-
- MNAS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSAE
-
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- mes-
-
- meas
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISSN
-
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- neem
-
- 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.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- 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.
- NCAA
-
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- FNMA
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- MSEE
-
- Sem.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Can.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- ASME
-
- asis
-
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- ANSI
-
- cen.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sec.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cene
-
- FMCS
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CanF
-
- asc-
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- cis-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acea
-
- 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.
- AAEE
-
- SMSA
-
- AFAM
-
- AFSC
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- Anas
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- AIME
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sam.
-
- fam.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- FACS
-
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fin.
-
- fec.
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- fem.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- FICA
-
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- MSIE
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sci.
-
- scfm
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- ESIS
-
- emia
-
- SASE
-
- enc.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Ens.
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- ence
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SSM
-
- SMA
-
- MSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NMI
-
- NSA
-
- SMS
-
- SSA
-
- NSF
-
- NSC
-
- NAA
-
- SAA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- NFS
-
- 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.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- se-
-
- SCS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SCM
-
- SCF
-
- ne-
-
- sc.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NES
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NFC
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sfc
-
- sfm
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SAE
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MSI
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- cfs
-
- cfm
-
- CFI
-
- CFA
-
- CEF
-
- CEA
-
- CIM
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- cs.
-
- cf.
-
- CAF
-
- CIF
-
- CMA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ec-
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EIS
-
- MSF
-
- EEC
-
- ECM
-
- ECF
-
- ECA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CNM
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- CSF
-
- CSA
-
- CNS
-
- ca.
-
- ASN
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- AAM
-
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAF
-
- AFA
-
- AAE
-
- an.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
-
- Af.
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AFC
-
- ASM
-
- ANC
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANF
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- AFM
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- 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.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIC
-
- AFS
-
- EMF
-
- ef-
-
- en-
-
- ise
-
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISA
-
- MAA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- ene
-
- in.
-
- IMF
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- IAS
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MIE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mi.
-
- MFS
-
- MFA
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCI
-
- Mcf
-
- IFC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- fm.
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FAA
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FCA
-
- FCS
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- Fia
-
- fic
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SSN
-
- FMC
-
- ics
-
- FSA
-
- Ia.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NF
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- CE
-
- NI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SN
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- N.
-
- CM
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MN
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- M.
-
- fn
-
- SF
-
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- NM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- EI
-
- FE
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- MF
-
- S.
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ee
-