Anagrams of monasteries
Word monasteries has
1692 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of monasteries.
- Mertensia
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- monitress
-
noun,
a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- masteries
-
noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- Masterson
-
noun,
William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- steersman
-
noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- resonates
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- amnesties
-
noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- resinates
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Trasimeno
-
noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- antimeres
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- arsenites
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- masonries
-
noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- near-miss
-
noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- emersions
-
noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- neoterism
-
noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- semitones
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- assertion
-
noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- senoritas
-
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.
- serotines
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Massorete
-
noun,
Masorete.
- esoterism
-
noun,
esotericism.
- isomerase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- Romanists
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanies
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- semitone
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- essonite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- minsters
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- minarets
-
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.
- estrones
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Maronite
-
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.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- etamines
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- anemosis
-
noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- emersion
-
noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- moistens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- isostere
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- mortises
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- smartens
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- moraines
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Monstera
-
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.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- romaines
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Somerset
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- seamster
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- M-series
-
noun,
See under M-line.
- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- sensoria
-
noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- stearins
-
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.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- asterism
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- maestros
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Messiaen
-
noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- sentries
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- trisomes
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- matinees
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- steamers
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- one-time
-
adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- senorita
-
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.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Masonite
-
- stasimon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Massenet
-
noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- masseter
-
noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- Messenia
-
noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- rimstone
-
noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- seriemas
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- norites
-
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.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- stereo-
-
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- nemato-
-
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- sterno-
-
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- stamin-
-
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stemson
-
noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- entero-
-
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- eonisms
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- monster
-
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.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Estonia
-
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.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- seismo-
-
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- arseno-
-
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- antero-
-
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- senoras
-
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.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mesons
-
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.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- steres
-
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- 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.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- steno-
-
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- 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.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- masto-
-
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- roasts
-
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.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- rosins
-
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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- 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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- matri-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nemat-
-
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitro-
-
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
-
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.
- 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.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- somni-
-
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Somers
-
- 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.).
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- 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.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- 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.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- 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.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- somat-
-
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- MAeroE
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- 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.
- anemo-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- astro-
-
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- astron
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- iatro-
-
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- intra-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amino-
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- instr.
-
- amnios
-
- enter-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tarso-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- 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.
- torses
-
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.
- 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.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsons
-
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.
- arsen-
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- eosins
-
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.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- 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.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- stomas
-
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.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- aeron.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- storms
-
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.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonia
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- nitr-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- semi-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- seti-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- noses
-
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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- sero-
-
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atmo-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astr.
-
- assn.
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- asst.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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).
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- 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).
- Amer.
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 30-30
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 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.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- aeri-
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- 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.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- Armen
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- 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.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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).
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- anim.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ante-
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- anti-
-
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- 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)
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- areo-
-
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- IATSE
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- 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.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- 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.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- miso-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Srta.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- inst.
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- 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.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- ster.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- 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.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- stome
-
- 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.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- meno-
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- intr.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- matr-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- mast-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Iran.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- MSEnt
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- term.
-
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- ento-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- tera-
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sino-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- nears
-
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- 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.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- sones
-
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.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- Mont.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- tRNA
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- str.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tron
-
- Sem.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Soni
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tion
-
- 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.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SMSA
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ste.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tri-
-
- ter.
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tasm
-
- SASE
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sat.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sra.
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Ire.
-
- mRNA
-
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Ens.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- MSAE
-
- MSEE
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- MSIE
-
- EMet
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MSTS
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- MNAS
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- 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.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- ates
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ator
-
- 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.
- 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:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Mar.
-
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISSN
-
- inae
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- meas
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- mis-
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- 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-
-
- ment
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nos-
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- 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)
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- osis
-
- ARIS
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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).
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Arm.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aet.
-
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- AIME
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rima
-
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).
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- RNAS
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ont.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ASSR
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- atm.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- asis
-
- 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.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ASME
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- NTIA
-
- not-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- 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.
- eo-
-
- ast
-
- io-
-
- EOM
-
- 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.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ae.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- Ir.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TSE
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Am.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ia.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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 = .
- Tro
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TMO
-
- ine
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- in.
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- at.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ETS
-
- ASM
-
- ETR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EMR
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- eir
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- aor
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TIA
-
- ea.
-
- AME
-
- ASR
-
- EAM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ean
-
- ASN
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ETO
-
- ASI
-
- EEO
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERT
-
- SRO
-
- St.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- OSA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- ITA
-
- ose
-
- IRO
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
-
- 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:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NSA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OSS
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- SAR
-
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ot-
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NIA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SSR
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- Sta
-
- SAE
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- 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.
- SSM
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Sr.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ist
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ite
-
- Mao
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- STM
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- STI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SSI
-
- MIT
-
- MRA
-
- SMA
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- SMS
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- TSS
-
- MNE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOR
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- MNS
-
- MOI
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- R.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- S.
-
- 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.
- SA
-
- SM
-
- RO
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- O.
-
- TN
-
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TM
-
- M.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MN
-
- NM
-
- OA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- NI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
-