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Word mordancies has
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- demoniacs
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- disenamor
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verb (used with object),
to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with):
- 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.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- madrones
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- comrades
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noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- monacids
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- comedian
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noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- Mordecai
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noun,
the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- demoniac
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Morandi
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noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- medicos
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noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- Nordica
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noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- comrade
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noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- medico-
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- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- ordains
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verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- craniom
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- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- cranio-
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- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- candier
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- nimrods
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noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- macrons
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Nidaros
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noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- sadiron
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- cardio-
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- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Maderno
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- arseno-
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- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- nomadic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- daimons
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noun,
daemon.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- Madison
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noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- sarcoid
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noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sarcode
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noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- madrone
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- Caedmon
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noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
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- remands
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- radomes
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noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Domenic
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noun,
a male given name.
- minders
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- domines
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noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- moderns
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noun,
a person of modern times.
- monades
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noun,
plural of monas.
- demonic
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adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- dormins
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noun,
abscisic acid.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- admires
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- monacid
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- dormice
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noun,
any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Mercado
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noun,
a market.
- misread
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- sidearm
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adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- randoms
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noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- reminds
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- miscode
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verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- donsie
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adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- radons
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noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- dimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Indore
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noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Dorcas
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noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- Dorian
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noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Cedars
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noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- desman
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noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- redans
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- necro-
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- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- rancid
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adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- dories
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noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- dermo-
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- income
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- dermis
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dermic
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adjective,
dermal.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- cinder
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noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- inroad
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- dinars
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noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- sacro-
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- disarm
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- nicads
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noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- cedarn
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adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- ranids
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noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- sacred
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adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- irones
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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.
- irades
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- raised
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- DOMAIN
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noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- ciders
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noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Nemrod
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noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Nimrod
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noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Carson
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noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- dinero
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- domine
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noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- disco-
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- ramose
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adjective,
having many branches.
- caroms
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- dermas
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- damson
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noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- Derain
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- darics
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Carmen
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noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- onside
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adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- credos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- remand
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Oneida
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- dances
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noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- daimon
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noun,
daemon.
- daimen
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adjective,
rare; occasional.
- danios
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noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- ordain
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verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- daemon
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- Dacron
-
- orenda
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noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- oreads
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noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- remind
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- dorsi-
-
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Comdr.
-
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Miseno
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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.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- dormie
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adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denom.
-
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- radio-
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- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeron.
-
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- 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.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- micro-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- adeno-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amnios
-
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amido-
-
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- aniso-
-
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- anemo-
-
- 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.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- andro-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- arsen-
-
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- somni-
-
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Maced.
-
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- sarco-
-
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- 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.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- misc.
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- meno-
-
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- miso-
-
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- meso-
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- 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.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- 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).
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- 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.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- mero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- naso-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- incor
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- ideo-
-
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- icons
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- incr.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nears
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Indo-
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- ordn.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- endo-
-
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- econ.
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- omni-
-
- masc.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- demi-
-
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- sero-
-
- AMORC
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- cero-
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Cmdr.
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Cons.
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- AMEDS
-
- Comr.
-
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- amin-
-
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- amid-
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Amer.
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Scand
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- sarc-
-
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- anim.
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- areo-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- 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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- semi-
-
- Card.
-
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- 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.
- demo-
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- deci-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deca-
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- reni-
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- disc.
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- 30-30
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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)
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- diam.
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- desc.
-
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derm-
-
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- aero-
-
- crim.
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- oidea
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- cores
-
- 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).
- aden-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- acro-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Sino-
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- MNAS
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- scr.
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sra.
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- mod.
-
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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.
- Sem.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Soni
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- sci.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ord.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rida
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- RNAS
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- 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.
- 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.
- OECD
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- OCDM
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rcd.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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)
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- RADM
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- OSRD
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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.
- mRNA
-
- 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-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- NDAC
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- msec
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- MSCE
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- MScD
-
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nos-
-
- nom.
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 1080
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- Cdr.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Ens.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cen.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cide
-
- 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.
- emia
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- CERN
-
- eco-
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ARIS
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asc-
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- ASME
-
- Ind.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Cmon
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- IMCO
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Cres
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dim.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- dia-
-
- der.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dom.
-
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dem.
-
- Den.
-
- dioc
-
- dir.
-
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- comd
-
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Con.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- dis-
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- DMSO
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- Cond
-
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- mis-
-
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Adm.
-
- mes-
-
- 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.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- meas
-
- 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.
- Aire
-
- med.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- iso-
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Mic.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- 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.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mar.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- aer-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- MDES
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mdse
-
- MAEd
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- AIME
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- acr-
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ANSI
-
- ance
-
- ands
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- iod-
-
- ano-
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- ins.
-
- Inc.
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- inae
-
- 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.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Mid.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- IndE
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- midn
-
- Ire.
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- DSM
-
- Am.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ac-
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ACS
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Sr.
-
- DSC
-
- CSO
-
- ad-
-
- Ar.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- ADC
-
- an.
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- CSR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- DCM
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SED
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- cr.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ca.
-
- sc.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
-
- DSO
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ANC
-
- AMS
-
- SAR
-
- CAI
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- se-
-
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SDR
-
- ASI
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SCM
-
- ase
-
- 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).
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ard
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- AIC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CMA
-
- CMD
-
- CNM
-
- CIA
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- SMA
-
- SMD
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- AEC
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Rs.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CED
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
- SAE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CEA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RSA
-
- CEO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RSE
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ScD
-
- Doi
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- IOC
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NOC
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- ine
-
- 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.
- ide
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NES
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ISA
-
- OSA
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- ESR
-
- OCD
-
- ics
-
- DAE
-
- OAS
-
- id.
-
- 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.
- OSD
-
- OED
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- 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
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- mi.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Mao
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MOR
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MRE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MOI
-
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MIE
-
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- ise
-
- Mo.
-
- NEC
-
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- ISR
-
- Mc-
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSA
-
- MSC
-
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- NAD
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- NCO
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Esc
-
- eo-
-
- DOE
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noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Dor
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noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- EOM
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- ESA
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- ose
-
- di.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- DAR
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- DEA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- DMS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DMA
-
- 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.
- RMA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- en-
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ec-
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EIS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIr
-
- 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.
- oid
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- eir
-
- ECA
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDC
-
- ed.
-
- ECM
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- D.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RC
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- CE
-
- ic
-
- MN
-
- AO
-
- NM
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- i.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CM
-
- 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.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- RI
-
- OA
-
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NC
-
- SM
-
- DN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RN
-
- O.
-
- SN
-
- RO
-
- DM
-
- SA
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- S.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .