Anagrams of Moderations
Word Moderations has
2022 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Moderations.
- donatories
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noun,
a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- moderation
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noun,
the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- admonitor
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noun,
an admonisher.
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- tornadoes
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- anterooms
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- mediators
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- disenamor
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verb (used with object),
to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with):
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- modernist
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noun,
a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- remotions
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- astrodome
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noun,
a transparent dome on top of the fuselage of an aircraft, through which observations are made for celestial navigation.
- Montrose
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noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- moonrise
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- mordants
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noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- monteros
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- monodies
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noun,
a Greek ode sung by a single voice, as in a tragedy; lament.
- monitors
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- moidores
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noun,
a former gold coin of Portugal and Brazil.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- moderato
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adjective,
moderate; in moderate time.
- Rosemont
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noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- Sodomite
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noun,
an inhabitant of Sodom.
- mordents
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noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- tornados
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- dormient
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adjective,
sleeping; dormant.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- nitroso-
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- odonates
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- dermato-
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- odorants
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- dominoes
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noun,
a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- doomster
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noun,
a doomsayer.
- doormats
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noun,
a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
- Tandoori
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noun,
a plural of tandoor.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- mesotron
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- sea-room
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noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- ionomers
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- mesodont
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adjective,
having medium-sized teeth.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- mediator
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- mastodon
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noun,
a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- 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.
- madrones
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- Masonite
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- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Ditmars
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noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- disroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- roadeos
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noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- rodents
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- mantids
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noun,
mantis.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- motions
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noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- Mendota
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noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- domines
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noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- dominos
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noun,
a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- romanos
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- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- nemato-
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- diatoms
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noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- noisome
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adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- mastoid
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noun,
the mastoid process.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- astroid
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noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- remands
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- daimons
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noun,
daemon.
- reminds
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- diaster
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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.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- maroons
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- dermat-
-
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Nidaros
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noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- demono-
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- nimrods
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noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- doormen
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noun,
the door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and may perform minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.
- doorman
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noun,
the door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and may perform minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Modesto
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noun,
a city in central California.
- modiste
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ionomer
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- moidore
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noun,
a former gold coin of Portugal and Brazil.
- entomo-
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- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- moderns
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noun,
a person of modern times.
- monades
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noun,
plural of monas.
- endmost
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adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- stamin-
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- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- stardom
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noun,
the world or class of professional stars, as of the stage.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Rostand
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noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- sadiron
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- misread
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- somato-
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- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- sordino
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- stearo-
-
- doormat
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noun,
a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
- dormins
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noun,
abscisic acid.
- Morandi
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noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- mordant
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noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- sidearm
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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:
- mordent
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noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- morions
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Morison
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noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- Maderno
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- dormant
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adjective,
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
- tandems
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noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Madison
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noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- tandoor
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noun,
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- madrone
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- indoors
-
adverb,
in or into a house or building:
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- minaret
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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.
- Mindoro
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noun,
a central island of the Philippines. 3922 sq. mi. (10,158 sq. km).
- minders
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- moonset
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noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- sidero-
-
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sterno-
-
- motored
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noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- odonate
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- osteoid
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adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- radomes
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noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- tornado
-
noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- arseno-
-
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- admires
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- odorant
-
noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- toroids
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- aristo-
-
- randoms
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- adornos
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- antero-
-
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- tsardom
-
noun,
czardom.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- oroides
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- adreno
-
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- mooned
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- steno-
-
- amnios
-
- monoid
-
noun,
groupoid.
- metro-
-
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- anemo-
-
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- dorso-
-
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- aniso-
-
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- dorsi-
-
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- dromos
-
noun,
Archaeology. a passageway into an ancient subterranean tomb.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- adren-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- 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.
- andro-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- somat-
-
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- 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.).
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sodio-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- aeron.
-
- iatro-
-
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- intra-
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- mondos
-
noun,
a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- amino-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- amido-
-
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- eroto-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- rooted
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- trans.
-
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- instr.
-
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- adeno-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- nodose
-
adjective,
having nodes.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- dermo-
-
- 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.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- inter.
-
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- denti-
-
- denom.
-
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Medit.
-
- 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.
- radio-
-
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- astro-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- masto-
-
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- astron
-
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- matri-
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- arsen-
-
- 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.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- 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.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 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:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- osteo-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nemat-
-
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- tarso-
-
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- rodeos
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- 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.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- distr.
-
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Domino
-
noun,
a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- roadeo
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- 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.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- metr-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- sanit
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- 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.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 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.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- osmo-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- meta-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- oste-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- 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.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- meso-
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- meno-
-
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- mero-
-
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- naso-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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).
- nears
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- MOTOS
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- MSEnt
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- oidea
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- 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.
- retd.
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- noso-
-
- 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)
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reni-
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomo-
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- ordn.
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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).
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- omni-
-
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Mont.
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- mondo
-
noun,
a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- mono-
-
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- onto-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ante-
-
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- dooms
-
noun,
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune:
- anis-
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- dist.
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- areo-
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- matr-
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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).
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- stome
-
- 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.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- andr-
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- anim.
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- 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.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- 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.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- 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).
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- 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.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- astr.
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- demi-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- tera-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- 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.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- term.
-
- diam.
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- dent.
-
- demo-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- 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.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tonia
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tono-
-
- derm-
-
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ster.
-
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Sino-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- sero-
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- inst.
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- intr.
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- iodo-
-
- sito-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- 30-30
-
- mast-
-
- 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.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- aden-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- 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.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- semi-
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- amin-
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Srta.
-
- amid-
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ento-
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- endo-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Amer.
-
- ideo-
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treas
-
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- AMEDS
-
- Indo-
-
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Sodom
-
noun,
an ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Gen. 18–19.
- IATSE
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- trid
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- oto-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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)
- RADM
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tRNA
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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).
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rad.
-
- tri-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- tron
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 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.
- std.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soni
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- SRAM
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Sra.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sam.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- ter.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- Rida
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- TODS
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- str.
-
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ten.
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Tasm
-
- 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.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- TDRS
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- midn
-
- 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.
- met.
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mid.
-
- Din.
-
- 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.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- 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.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mes-
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- MDES
-
- mdnt
-
- mdse
-
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ment
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dim.
-
- 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.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mood
-
noun,
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- mod.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- dat.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- 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.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- 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.
- dia-
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- 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.
- Den.
-
- 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.
- Dem.
-
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 1080
-
- Ind.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- idae
-
- 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).
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- emia
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- EDTA
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Mar.
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- med.
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- 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.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- MAEd
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- DMSO
-
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- 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.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- iso-
-
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- doom
-
noun,
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune:
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- 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:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ano-
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- ands
-
- 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).
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- NTIA
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Nor.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amdt
-
- Arm.
-
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- aet.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ord.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OSRD
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AInd
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- NASD
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- mRNA
-
- ASME
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- 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.
- MSAE
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- MSIE
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- Dom.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ASTM
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ator
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- art.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neo-
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- ead
-
- EIS
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- EOM
-
- ETD
-
- DOA
-
- TMO
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- do.
-
- de-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TSI
-
- eo-
-
- DST
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DSR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- DAR
-
- DSA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Tro
-
- 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:
- Ar.
-
- EDT
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- an.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- STI
-
- eir
-
- ed.
-
- DSM
-
- ae.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ad-
-
- STM
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- Am.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- DAE
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- TSE
-
- 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.
- DSO
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ASI
-
- Doi
-
- tr.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- AMS
-
- ASN
-
- DNR
-
- ASM
-
- DNA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- aor
-
- DMT
-
- ard
-
- DMS
-
- 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.
- DMA
-
- ase
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ARS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tra
-
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ast
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- DEA
-
- DRE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Dr.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- at.
-
- 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.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ASR
-
- AME
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- TID
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DET
-
- di.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ote
-
- IRS
-
- EMR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- MTI
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- NES
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NIA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Mt.
-
- NMI
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Rs.
-
- MIT
-
- MNA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MST
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- 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.
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MSA
-
- MSD
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NMR
-
- RSE
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Om.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- OTS
-
- ot-
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIt
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- REA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oid
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- RSA
-
- MOI
-
- rt.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- SMD
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SMA
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IRO
-
- OTA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ERT
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- 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).
- ESR
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Mao
-
- SED
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SAE
-
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- SAR
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- 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.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- sd.
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- rte
-
- Md.
-
- RTS
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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).
- 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.
- i.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- RI
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MN
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- SA
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- AO
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- RN
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- SM
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- M.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- NM
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- RO
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DN
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- NI
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- ND
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- O.
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- N.
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- OA
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- DM
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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.
- SN
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- TN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TD
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- t.
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- TM
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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.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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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.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.