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- marionettes
-
noun,
a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- martensite
-
noun,
a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- orientates
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- maisonette
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noun,
a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- marionette
-
noun,
a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- terminates
-
verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- brainstem
-
noun,
the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- martinets
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- tres-tine
-
noun,
royal antler.
- obstinate
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adjective,
firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- Marinette
-
noun,
a city in NE Wisconsin.
- Otterbein
-
noun,
Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- tribesmen
-
noun,
a member of a tribe.
- tribesman
-
noun,
a member of a tribe.
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- embitters
-
verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- brimstone
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noun,
sulfur.
- estaminet
-
noun,
a bistro or small café.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- stationer
-
noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- beatinest
-
adjective,
most remarkable or unusual:
- brominate
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or combine with bromine; bromate.
- torbanite
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noun,
Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- betatrons
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noun,
an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
- tenorites
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- sea-otter
-
noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- terminate
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verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- orientate
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- neoterism
-
noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- Taborite
-
noun,
(in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- martinet
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- estimate
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noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- boatsmen
-
noun,
boatman.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanies
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- test-ban
-
noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- tibetans
-
noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- transmit
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- betatron
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noun,
an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- berettas
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noun,
biretta.
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- torments
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- taborets
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noun,
a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- biometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off by an organism, tissue, etc.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Mariette
-
noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- bitterns
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Masonite
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- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- teamster
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noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- embitter
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verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- banister
-
noun,
a baluster.
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- Ratisbon
-
noun,
Regensburg.
- basement
-
noun,
a story of a building, partly or wholly underground.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tritomas
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- teatimes
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- abettors
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noun,
a person who abets.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- bromates
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- bromines
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- emboites
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noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- termites
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- bornites
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- ambrette
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noun,
abelmosk.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- ambients
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- batterie
-
noun,
a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- Matteson
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- emitters
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- botanist
-
noun,
a specialist in botany.
- botanies
-
noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- batsmen
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- bemires
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verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Barnett
-
noun,
a male given name.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- steato-
-
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Beretta
-
noun,
biretta.
- stamin-
-
- benames
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verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- bemeans
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- bastion
-
noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- battens
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- bemoans
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- batters
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noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- manbote
-
noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- batiste
-
noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- basemen
-
noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Beattie
-
noun,
James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.
- berimes
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- enrobes
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- entero-
-
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entombs
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- boranes
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- bonitas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- boneset
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- boatmen
-
noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- bromine
-
noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- Britton
-
noun,
Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- Britten
-
noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- 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.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- emboite
-
noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- besmear
-
verb (used with object),
to smear all over; bedaub.
- betties
-
noun,
brown betty.
- timbres
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- intombs
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- bettors
-
noun,
a person who bet.
- Bettina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- biremes
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- betters
-
noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- stomat-
-
- sterno-
-
- betimes
-
adverb,
early; in good time:
- betaine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- stereo-
-
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- strati-
-
- biretta
-
noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- 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.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- 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.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Tibetan
-
noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- taboret
-
noun,
a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- strato-
-
- tabinet
-
noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- bitters
-
noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- bittern
-
noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- timbers
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- bistort
-
noun,
Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- bistate
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- 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.
- arseno-
-
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- 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.
- 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.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- ambient
-
noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- ambiens
-
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- ambeers
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- 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.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- 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.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- 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.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- 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.
- obstet.
-
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- antero-
-
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- 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.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- 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.
- Ambrose
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- 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.
- aristo-
-
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- nemato-
-
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Minette
-
noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Moabite
-
noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- 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.
- abettor
-
noun,
a person who abets.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- mobster
-
noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- attrib.
-
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- obtest
-
verb (used with object),
to invoke as witness.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- 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.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- BSMetE
-
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- 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.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- 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.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tarso-
-
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- 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.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- 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.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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:
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- enter-
-
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- 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.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- 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.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- 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.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- 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.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- 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.
- 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.
- somat-
-
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- 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.
- 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.).
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- 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.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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;
- MAeroE
-
- iatro-
-
- 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.
- intro.
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intra-
-
- intomb
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- nitro-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- metro-
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- 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.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- serbo-
-
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- 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.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- steno-
-
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- nemat-
-
- 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.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- 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.
- trans.
-
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- bettor
-
noun,
a person who bet.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- better
-
noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- amino-
-
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- amnios
-
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- anemo-
-
- tetra-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- aniso-
-
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- arsen-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- bename
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- bemean
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- 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.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- tribo-
-
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Borman
-
noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- terat-
-
- 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.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- aeron.
-
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Bremen
-
noun,
a state in NW Germany. 156 sq. mi. (405 sq. km).
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- reni-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ation
-
- 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.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- atmo-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- seti-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- MSEnt
-
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- semi-
-
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- aero-
-
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- sero-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- tonia
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- 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.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- 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.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 30-30
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- abstr
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Sino-
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- atto-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- 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)
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- 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.
- 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.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- nears
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- 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.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- oste-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OBrit
-
- anim.
-
- 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.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ante-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- treas
-
- anis-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Amer.
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- 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.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- 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.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ambi-
-
- 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).
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omni-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- 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).
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sebi-
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- toti-
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Nebr.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- nitr-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- areo-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- sanit
-
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- stome
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- 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.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- 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.
- Bette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- 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.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- intr.
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 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).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- botts
-
noun,
bot2 .
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- inst.
-
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- ster.
-
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- term.
-
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- biont
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- estab
-
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- ento-
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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 .
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- 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.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- IATSE
-
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- BMetE
-
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- BMarE
-
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- BSRet
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Brit.
-
- teno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- tera-
-
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- meno-
-
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Matt.
-
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- meso-
-
- 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.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Bart.
-
- baro-
-
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- brom-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- BSMet
-
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- mast-
-
- matr-
-
- 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.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tears
-
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Tebet
-
noun,
Tevet.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tri-
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- 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.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- trit
-
- TRIB
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tron
-
- 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.
- 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).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tRNA
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Tasm
-
- ter.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ten.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- rit.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- SRAM
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- SRBM
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tit.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tion
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sra.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tob.
-
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- 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.
- 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.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Rom.
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sab.
-
- Ste.
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- tab.
-
- Sat.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 1080
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- 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.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- bio-
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- ment
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- 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.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- BMet
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- men-
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- MSAE
-
- MSBA
-
- MSEE
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- MSIE
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- 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.
- bet.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- 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.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- MNAS
-
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 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.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- BSNA
-
- BSMT
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- BSME
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- BSEM
-
- BSEE
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- BSAE
-
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- BSOT
-
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- BSRT
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- 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.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- iso-
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bot.
-
- 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.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- 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.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- inae
-
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- IRBM
-
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- obs.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- NTSB
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- NRAB
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- NTIA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ano-
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ant.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ANSI
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RIBA
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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)
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- abr.
-
- abs-
-
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ont.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- aet.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- aer-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- ator
-
- NIRA
-
- atm.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- att.
-
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- attn
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 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.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- NEbE
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- not-
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- neem
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- neo-
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- nos-
-
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- bar.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 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.
- ASME
-
- ae.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TSI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- TMO
-
- EBS
-
- abt
-
- 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.
- BSM
-
- TNB
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TNT
-
- EbN
-
- BTE
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Ar.
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- BST
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ea.
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- an.
-
- EAM
-
- abn
-
- Tro
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ean
-
- 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.
- ab-
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- BSO
-
- Bt.
-
- ABM
-
- BSN
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- BSE
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bn.
-
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- TIA
-
- BMT
-
- 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.
- 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.
- BIE
-
- BMS
-
- ast
-
- BMR
-
- BMI
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- BME
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ARS
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- asb
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Amb
-
- BSA
-
- BRT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRM
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Br.
-
- 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.
- BRE
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEM
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- be-
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ATB
-
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- bi-
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- at.
-
- BNS
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- NMR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- 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
-
- SAR
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- Rs.
-
- MTI
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- mtn
-
- ne-
-
- 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).
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NBS
-
- RSA
-
- NSA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Re.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- OTS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RMA
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- 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.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ob.
-
- OIt
-
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- MOR
-
- MSN
-
- MOI
-
- ine
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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 = .
- ETO
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- STI
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ETR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ITA
-
- ene
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- EEO
-
- TBA
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- EOE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ESR
-
- ist
-
- STM
-
- ite
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MBO
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SMB
-
- MIT
-
- SMA
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- SRB
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- TTS
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- STB
-
- 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.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MBE
-
- Mao
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TM
-
- TN
-
- TT
-
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NM
-
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Eb
-
- S.
-
- RN
-
- M.
-
- MN
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MB
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- AO
-
- BM
-
- R.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TB
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BO
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- i.
-
- OA
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- O.
-
- NI
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- EI
-
- SN
-
- ee
-