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Word mountaineers has
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- mensuration
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mountaineer
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noun,
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
- numerations
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- enumeration
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noun,
an act of enumerating.
- enantiomer
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noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- minestrone
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noun,
a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese.
- Mousterian
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adjective,
of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- innumerate
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adjective,
unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- Menoetius
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noun,
a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
- Martinson
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noun,
Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- innermost
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noun,
the innermost part.
- ruminants
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- numerates
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- mouse-ear
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noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- mutineers
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- neuromast
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noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- estuarine
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adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- reinsmen
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- Masonite
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- intrans.
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- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- norsemen
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noun,
Northman.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- mentions
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- emeritus
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noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- reinsman
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- nominees
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noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- romaunts
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- Mountain
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noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- ruminant
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Stoneman
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Muenster
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- mutineer
-
noun,
a person who mutinies.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- routemen
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- 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.
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- moisture
-
noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- tonemes
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- stereo-
-
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- Munster
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noun,
muenster.
- muntins
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- 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.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- sterno-
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- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- outmans
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- sternum
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- murines
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- nominee
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noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- entero-
-
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- stannum
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noun,
tin.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- 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):
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- stearo-
-
- nemato-
-
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutro-
-
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- stamin-
-
- Austro-
-
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- aristo-
-
- arseno-
-
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- tauro-
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merous
-
- metro-
-
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- aeron.
-
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- nemat-
-
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- tarso-
-
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- numis.
-
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- utero-
-
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- arsen-
-
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- urano-
-
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- amnios
-
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- urino-
-
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- amino-
-
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- neuro-
-
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- somat-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- aniso-
-
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- steno-
-
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- somni-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- 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.
- anemo-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- nitro-
-
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- iatro-
-
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- intra-
-
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
-
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- austr-
-
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- trans.
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- MAeroE
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- astro-
-
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- astron
-
- 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.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- 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.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- naut.
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Reaum
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- 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.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onium
-
- Sino-
-
- seti-
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- neur-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sero-
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- 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)
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- nears
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Srta.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- sanit
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- omni-
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- nona-
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sito-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- oste-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- reni-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- neut.
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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.
- semi-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- 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).
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- 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).
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- term.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tera-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tious
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- inst.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- areo-
-
- intr.
-
- Unit.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- IATSE
-
- anon.
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mast-
-
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- teno-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- 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.
- ante-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Tenn.
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- 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.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- treas
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ento-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- astr.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Aust.
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- auto.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Armen
-
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arium
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tonia
-
- 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.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- matr-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- aero-
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- MNurs
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ster.
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- 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.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- 30-30
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- MSEnt
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- meso-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- anim.
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- anis-
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- tears
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- amin-
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- uran-
-
- Amer.
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Sam.
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- USMA
-
- USNA
-
- uret
-
- uro-
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uria
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uni-
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- USIA
-
- USAR
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tues
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Tasm
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- taur
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- SRAM
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Sra.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- str.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Soni
-
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- 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.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- saur
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ten.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 1080
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- mun.
-
- MSIE
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MSEE
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- ano-
-
- ann.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amus
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ator
-
- ious
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- inae
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- NTIA
-
- 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)
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Nor.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- not-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- out-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- non-
-
- RONA
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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).
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ese
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ESR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ESU
-
- eo-
-
- SAR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RMA
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ETO
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Re.
-
- Tro
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ean
-
- tr.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- REA
-
- ene
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- tra
-
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- se-
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SAE
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ure
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ur-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- uns
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ROI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- UNO
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- USN
-
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- an.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- Ar.
-
- USM
-
- rte
-
- ae.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- rt.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ASU
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- SRO
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- UMT
-
- RNA
-
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- 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.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Une
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- So.
-
- UIT
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ARS
-
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- eu-
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- NSU
-
- NRA
-
- NUM
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- nr.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- MOR
-
- SMA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- MIT
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- OAU
-
- MIE
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- OSA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- OIt
-
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NMI
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- NMU
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- NMR
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MST
-
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- Mt.
-
- NNE
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- STM
-
- STI
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- SNU
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Rs.
-
- ote
-
- ist
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ISA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- OTA
-
- ISR
-
- ier
-
- IRS
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- IAS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Me.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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 = .
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- in.
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Ir.
-
- OTS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRO
-
- TIA
-
- NES
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Ia.
-
- ons
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TMO
-
- Mao
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- io-
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ITU
-
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ine
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- 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).
- i.
-
- N.
-
- RU
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- TM
-
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- AO
-
- TN
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NM
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- UI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- OA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SM
-
- O.
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- U.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- MN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- RO
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.