Anagrams of modificatory
Word modificatory has
769 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of modificatory.
- mydriatic
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adjective,
pertaining to or producing mydriasis.
- iridotomy
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noun,
incision of the iris, especially for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris.
- diatomic
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adjective,
having two atoms in the molecule.
- microdot
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noun,
a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- 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.
- micrify
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verb (used with object),
to make small or insignificant.
- Formica
-
- 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.
- dacoity
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- Fatimid
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noun,
any caliph of the North African dynasty, 909–1171, claiming descent from Fatima and Ali.
- aciform
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adjective,
needle-shaped; acicular.
- acidity
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noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- acidify
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become acid; convert into an acid.
- fatidic
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adjective,
prophetic.
- cardio-
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- mortify
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verb (used with object),
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- factory
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- triacid
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adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- Comfort
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noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- motoric
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adjective,
motor (def 11).
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Mitford
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noun,
Mary Russell, 1787–1855, English novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist.
- ratify
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verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- caryo-
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- crafty
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adjective,
skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- Tadmor
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noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- cardi-
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- modify
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verb (used with object),
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend:
- ramify
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verb (used with or without object),
to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.
- amido-
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- dimity
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noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- Comdr.
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- Aomori
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noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- cymoid
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adjective,
resembling a cyma.
- corody
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noun,
a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- iatro-
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- Comdt.
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- Romaic
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noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Corfam
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- Factor
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noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- idiocy
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noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- Corday
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noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- atomic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Dorati
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noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- comfit
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noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- irido-
-
- Doctor
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noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- codify
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- Ciardi
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noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- formic
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adjective,
of or relating to ants.
- McAdoo
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noun,
William Gibbs, 1863–1941, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1913–18.
- midair
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noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- toroid
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noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- micro-
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- format
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noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- drifty
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adjective,
of the nature of or characterized by drifts.
- matri-
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- trifid
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adjective,
cleft into three parts or lobes.
- diatom
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noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- citify
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verb (used with object),
to make into a city; urbanize.
- drafty
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adjective,
characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- maftir
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noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- macro-
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- Friday
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noun,
the sixth day of the week, following Thursday.
- comity
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- miotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- myria-
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- adrift
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adjective, adverb,
floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored:
- adroit
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adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- daimyo
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noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- myotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- Myrica
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noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- diotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- dacoit
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noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- myriad
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noun,
a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
- tomcod
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noun,
either of two small cods, Microgadus tomcod, of the Atlantic Ocean, or M. proximus, of the Pacific Ocean.
- radio-
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- ootid
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noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- oidia
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noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Mayor
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noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- comfy
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adjective,
comfortable.
- draft
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noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dorty
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adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- cyto-
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- octad
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noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Draco
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noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- coati
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Cmdr.
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- octo-
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- octa-
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- Coamo
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noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- Corti
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noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Maori
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- dirty
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- Mitra
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noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Maroc
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noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marti
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- matr-
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- dairy
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- daric
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
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noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- micra
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noun,
a plural of micron.
- modif
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- myco-
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- diam.
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- diary
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- dicot
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noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
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- dicta
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noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Dirac
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noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- M-day
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noun,
mobilization day: a day assumed by the Department of Defense as the first day of mobilization, used by the military for planning purposes.
- Mario
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noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Croft
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noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Comr.
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- Corot
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Doric
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noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- footy
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adjective,
poor; worthless; paltry.
- motif
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noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- cooty
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noun,
cootie1 .
- Moray
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- Marcy
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- coria
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noun,
plural of corium.
- Moody
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noun,
Dwight Lyman [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1837–99, U.S. evangelist.
- Croat
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- mardy
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noun,
a grumpy mood; a sulk:
- moity
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adjective,
full of moits.
- craft
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noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Moira
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Modoc
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and ranging from southern Oregon to northern California.
- crim.
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- cryo-
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- crit.
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- oracy
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noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- motor
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noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- cymar
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noun,
simar (def 1).
- timid
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adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- tomia
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noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Afric
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adjective,
African.
- afrit
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noun,
afreet.
- Afro-
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- to-do
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noun,
bustle; fuss:
- today
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noun,
this present day:
- toady
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Timor
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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).
- amid-
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- fiord
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noun,
fjord.
- Tarim
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noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Amity
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- tardo
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adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- tardy
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adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- AMORC
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- Amory
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- mafic
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adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- iatry
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- afoot
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adverb, adjective,
on foot; walking:
- forty
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
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- Troad
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noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- foray
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noun,
a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder:
- tryma
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noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- foram
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noun,
foraminifer.
- foamy
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adjective,
covered with or full of foam.
- Triad
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noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- fordo
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verb (used with object),
to do away with; kill; destroy.
- fort.
-
- Tracy
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noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- acidy
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- acity
-
- acrid
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adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acro-
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- Actor
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noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- torii
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noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- toric
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- admit
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verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- rooty
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noun,
bread.
- amort
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adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- roomy
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noun,
roomie.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- aroid
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noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- imit.
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- iodic
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adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- iodo-
-
- Caird
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noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Cairo
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Card.
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- farci
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adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- carom
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- irid-
-
- Radom
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noun,
a city in E Poland.
- Otomi
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- droit
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noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Oriya
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noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- drift
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noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- fairy
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noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- imido
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adjective,
containing the imido group.
- farcy
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- idiot
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noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idio-
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- atmo-
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- atomy
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- idiom
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noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- atory
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- radii
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noun,
a plural of radius.
- frt.
-
- Mayo
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noun,
mayonnaise.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- fora
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noun,
a plural of forum.
- Mcfd
-
- ICAO
-
- MARC
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noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Yard
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noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- Macy
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noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- Yafo
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noun,
Jaffa.
- Mac-
-
- M-16
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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.
- maid
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noun,
a female servant.
- FORD
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noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- M-14
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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.
- Irma
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noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IOOF
-
- fray
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noun,
a fight, battle, or skirmish. Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.
- Mar.
-
- Mart
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noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Iyar
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noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Ymir
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noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- frat
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noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- iod-
-
- IMCO
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- yird
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noun,
earth.
- YMCA
-
- Mair
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Fri.
-
- IOTA
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Mary
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noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- Mari
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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.
- 1080
-
- mfd.
-
- roam
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noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Root
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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.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- rood
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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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- Rodi
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noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- ryot
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noun,
a peasant.
- 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.
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- Rima
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noun,
a female given name.
- RIIA
-
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Rida
-
- Rota
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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.
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- RdAc
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trid
-
- tri-
-
- tram
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noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- tomy
-
- tody
-
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.
- 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).
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- 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.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rcd.
-
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- mood
-
noun,
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mod.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- OCDM
-
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- 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.
- myo-
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mid.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- myc-
-
- Mic.
-
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Oct.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- oro-
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- RADM
-
- rad.
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- RCAF
-
- oto-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- ord.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- oory
-
adjective,
ourie.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ofay
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- for.
-
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Dom.
-
- ctr.
-
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Cort
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coof
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- food
-
noun,
any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dat.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- doom
-
noun,
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune:
- 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.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- 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.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dioc
-
- dim.
-
- dif-
-
- dia-
-
- comd
-
- Com.
-
- fam.
-
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- art.
-
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Arm.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- atm.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- amdt
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- afr-
-
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- acr-
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- atic
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cit.
-
- cir.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- 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:
- Cdr.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- ator
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- fict
-
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fac.
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fyrd
-
noun,
the militia in Anglo-Saxon England.
- FAdm
-
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- FDIC
-
- FICA
-
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- FOIA
-
- Co.
-
- CAI
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ct.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- cr.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ory
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CIM
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- cf.
-
- Cym
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- ROA
-
- CAF
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ca.
-
- io-
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- FTC
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ft.
-
- CYO
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RFI
-
- OTA
-
- CFR
-
- RMA
-
- CFO
-
- cfm
-
- CFI
-
- CFD
-
- CFA
-
- CDT
-
- RAF
-
- Rd.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CIA
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- fic
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- id.
-
- 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.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ot-
-
- RCA
-
- ROI
-
- RDA
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- RDC
-
- RDF
-
- RFA
-
- RFC
-
- RFD
-
- RCT
-
- ity
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- AFM
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- FMC
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AIC
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AFC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- fm.
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- TMO
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Tro
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- Af.
-
- Ar.
-
- ADF
-
- trf
-
- acy
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Foy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AMC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ATC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RTF
-
- rt.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- FYI
-
- ard
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- FRC
-
- Fry
-
noun,
a dish of something fried.
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Ia.
-
- at.
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- aor
-
- FIO
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TCA
-
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- TDY
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- FOT
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- CIF
-
- OOT
-
- DFT
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- DAR
-
- Fay
-
noun,
a fairy.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DFA
-
- DFM
-
- di.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- IOC
-
- DIY
-
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- IMF
-
- mi.
-
- ctf
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- MOI
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- CRT
-
- CTA
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- DOA
-
- FAO
-
- 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.
- MIT
-
- DCM
-
- DFC
-
- do.
-
- my-
-
- MFT
-
- ify
-
- ITC
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- IRO
-
- Dr.
-
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- ITA
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- fo.
-
- YTD
-
- 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.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Md.
-
- Mc-
-
- Mao
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- MFR
-
- Mcf
-
- MFA
-
- MDT
-
- IOF
-
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IRC
-
- DMA
-
- 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.
- DMT
-
- IOT
-
- Doi
-
- Ir.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- IFC
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- OIt
-
- FCA
-
- OIr
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- fcy
-
- Om.
-
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- oid
-
- FDA
-
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- ODT
-
- of-
-
- oic
-
- OFr
-
- oft
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adverb,
often.
- Fia
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- OFM
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- o-o
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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.
- FAT
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noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- IDA
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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).
- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- icy
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adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- oo-
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- yad
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noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- MRA
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- MRI
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- CMA
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- Mt.
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- MTF
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- MTI
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- MTO
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- CMD
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- Oc.
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- MOR
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- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- FD
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- M.
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- YT
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- FC
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- R.
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- AO
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- ty
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- yr
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- TD
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- CM
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- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- i.
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- D.
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DF
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- ry
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- O.
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- RF
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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.
- t.
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- T1
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- OA
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- Y.
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- ic
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- TC
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
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- MF
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- DM
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- TM
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- fy
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- RI
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- RC
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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.