Anagrams of Mycobacterium
Word Mycobacterium has
1264 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Mycobacterium.
- macrocyte
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noun,
an abnormally large red blood cell.
- bromatium
-
noun,
any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- timocracy
-
noun,
a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers.
- microcyte
-
noun,
Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- bacterium
-
noun,
singular of bacteria.
- myrmeco-
-
- accoutre
-
verb (used with object),
accouter.
- accouter
-
verb (used with object),
to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- muricate
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adjective,
covered with short, sharp points.
- acerbity
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noun,
sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
- obituary
-
noun,
a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- aerobium
-
noun,
aerobe.
- recommit
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verb (used with object),
to commit again.
- bacteri-
-
- Eboracum
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noun,
ancient name of York, England.
- mycetoma
-
noun,
a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- coremium
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- immature
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adjective,
not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- biometry
-
noun,
the calculation of the probable duration of human life.
- cymatium
-
noun,
the uppermost member of a classical cornice or of a cornice of similar form: usually a cyma recta in classical examples.
Compare sima2 .
- cruciate
-
adjective,
shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
- commuter
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noun,
a person who commutes, especially between home and work.
- 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.
- morceau
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noun,
piece; morsel.
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- Eurybia
-
noun,
a Titan, daughter of Pontus and Gaea.
- Cimabue
-
noun,
Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), (Cenni di Pepo) c1240–1302? Italian painter and mosaicist.
- circum-
-
- breccia
-
noun,
rock composed of angular fragments of older rocks melded together.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- braccio
-
noun,
an old Italian unit of length, usually about 26 or 27 inches (66 or 68 cm), but varying between 18 and 28 inches (46 and 71 cm).
- boracic
-
adjective,
boric.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- Corumba
-
noun,
a city in W Brazil.
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Maurice
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noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- commute
-
noun,
a trip made by commuting:
- amoebic
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adjective,
amebic.
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- Courbet
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- Coimbra
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- Cocteau
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, French author and painter.
- Moabite
-
noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- terbium
-
noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Cambric
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noun,
a thin, plain cotton or linen fabric of fine close weave, usually white.
- racemic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
- iceboat
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- butyric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from butyric acid.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- cautery
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- Umberto
-
noun,
Humbert I.
- Caribou
-
noun,
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- tambour
-
noun,
Music. a drum.
- Yucatec
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán, Mexico.
- cacimbo
-
noun,
a heavy mist or drizzle that occurs in the Congo basin area, often accompanied by onshore winds.
- mycotic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by a fungus.
- imbrute
-
verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- Cumbria
-
noun,
a county in NW England. 2659 sq. mi. (6886 sq. km).
- cambium
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noun,
a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- crummie
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noun,
a cow with crooked horns.
- Maytime
-
noun,
the month of May.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- brucite
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- cerato-
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- ceramic
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noun,
ceramic material.
- acerbic
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adjective,
sour or astringent in taste:
- microbe
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noun,
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- buccaro
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noun,
unglazed pottery.
- mimbar
-
noun,
a pulpit in a mosque.
- tauro-
-
- corium
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- barit.
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Micmac
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- corymb
-
noun,
a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open.
- metro-
-
- barite
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- myria-
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- croute
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noun,
crust.
- barium
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noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- creamy
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adjective,
containing cream.
- myotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- beauty
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noun,
the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- couter
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- betray
-
verb (used with object),
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty:
- crummy
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noun,
Railroads Slang. a caboose.
- crumby
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adjective,
full of crumbs.
- Batumi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.
- micro-
-
- crambo
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noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Myrica
-
noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- cecity
-
noun,
blindness.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- cerat-
-
- bummer
-
noun,
a person who bums off others.
- outcry
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- Buryat
-
noun,
a member of any of the Mongol people in the Buryat Republic.
- caryo-
-
- Cicero
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- caecum
-
noun,
cecum.
- carboy
-
noun,
a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.
- carbo-
-
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- Cammie
-
noun,
camouflage.
- camber
-
noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambio
-
noun,
a currency exchange.
- bromic
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adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- commit
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- commie
-
noun,
communist.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- comity
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- comber
-
noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- boccie
-
noun,
an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- Bomarc
-
noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- recti-
-
- moiety
-
noun,
a half.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Cymric
-
noun,
Welsh (def 3).
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Yoruba
-
noun,
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- McComb
-
noun,
a town in S Mississippi.
- macro-
-
- Macomb
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois.
- tomium
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- ectomy
-
- tombac
-
noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- iatro-
-
- tobira
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noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- aceto-
-
- Arctic
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- accrue
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- turbo-
-
- memoir
-
noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- Memory
-
noun,
the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- turco-
-
- ubiety
-
noun,
the property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- tribo-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- Mamore
-
noun,
a river in Bolivia, flowing N to the Beni River on the border of Brazil to form the Madeira River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- erbium
-
noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- acuity
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- yammer
-
noun,
the act or noise of yammering.
- matri-
-
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- maumet
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
an empty-headed or mindless person.
- embryo
-
noun,
the young of a viviparous animal, especially of a mammal, in the early stages of development within the womb, in humans up to the end of the second month.
Compare fetus.
- embry-
-
- Torbay
-
noun,
a borough in S Devonshire, in SW England: seaside resort.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- McCrae
-
noun,
John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Aubrey
-
noun,
John, 1626–97, English antiquary.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- imbrue
-
verb (used with object),
to stain:
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- aumbry
-
noun,
ambry.
- curacy
-
noun,
the office or position of a curate.
- utero-
-
- immure
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose within walls.
- cummer
-
noun,
a godmother.
- cumber
-
noun,
a hindrance.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- 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.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- Umbria
-
noun,
an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Yucca
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- muco-
-
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mucic
-
adjective,
of or derived from mucic acid.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- mambo
-
noun,
a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps.
- mamey
-
noun,
mammee.
- OBrit
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- cymar
-
noun,
simar (def 1).
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Euro-
-
- eury-
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Marcy
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cero-
-
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Macc.
-
- iatry
-
- maybe
-
noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cert.
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- carb-
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Mayer
-
noun,
Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- cecum
-
noun,
a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- cyto-
-
- cracy
-
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- Crecy
-
noun,
Also, Cressy. a village in N France, NNW of Reims: English victory over the French 1346.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- myoma
-
noun,
a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Mercy
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- crim.
-
- mero-
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- crumb
-
noun,
a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
- metry
-
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cubic
-
noun,
Mathematics. a cubic polynomial or equation.
- myco-
-
- metr-
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cryo-
-
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- meta-
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- ecto-
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- matr-
-
- McCoy
-
noun,
the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real):
- Comr.
-
- Ecua.
-
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Mboya
-
noun,
Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- Corby
-
noun,
a town in NE Northamptonshire, in S England.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Maury
-
noun,
Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- comb.
-
- embay
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- comm.
-
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- term.
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- bact.
-
- baccy
-
noun,
Older Use. tobacco.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auto.
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Tammy
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- atory
-
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- atmo-
-
- 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).
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- bayou
-
noun,
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Bercy
-
noun,
a white sauce flavored with white wine, shallots, fish stock, and parsley: usually served with fish.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- beamy
-
adjective,
emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
- rummy
-
noun,
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
- Baume
-
noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Bart.
-
- baro-
-
- barmy
-
adjective,
containing or resembling barm; frothy.
- Barye
-
noun,
microbar.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arium
-
- BMarE
-
- acet-
-
- aeri-
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- tubi-
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- acro-
-
- tummy
-
noun,
stomach:
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- acity
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- accum
-
- acct.
-
- Abury
-
noun,
Avebury (def 2).
- umber
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- 30-30
-
- aero-
-
- tryma
-
noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- Tobey
-
noun,
Mark, 1890–1976, U.S. painter.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- areo-
-
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- AMORC
-
- Tommy
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- Amity
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Amer.
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- ambry
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ambi-
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Bytom
-
noun,
a city in S Poland.
- caco-
-
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Brit.
-
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Recit
-
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Reaum
-
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Bryce
-
noun,
James, 1st Viscount, 1838–1922, British diplomat, historian, and jurist: born in Ireland.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- rect.
-
- brom-
-
- boyar
-
noun,
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Camb.
-
- btry.
-
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- octa-
-
- Bucco
-
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Buyer
-
noun,
a person who buys; purchaser.
- 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.
- Cayce
-
noun,
a town in central South Carolina.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Boyer
-
noun,
Jean Pierre [zhahn pyer] /ʒɑ̃ pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1776–1850, Haitian political leader: president 1818–43.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- TRIB
-
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- tri-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- out-
-
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- Yuma
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Ire.
-
- IRBM
-
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- uret
-
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- uro-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Mac-
-
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Mar.
-
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- orby
-
adjective,
like or pertaining to an orb.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- RIBA
-
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- MYOB
-
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Ruby
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- myo-
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- tab.
-
- 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)
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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).
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- 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.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tomy
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- met.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mem.
-
- muc-
-
- 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.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- 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.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- taur
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- TCBM
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- myc-
-
- mrem
-
- Mic.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- 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.
- mout
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- but-
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- cyte
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- aur-
-
- Cor.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- aut-
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- cyme
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- BAcc
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bar.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cort
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- 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:
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cur.
-
- art.
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- atm.
-
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- ctr.
-
- atic
-
- ator
-
- Bray
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Ceto
-
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Arm.
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- Bury
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- buoy
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- 1080
-
- BMOC
-
- cet-
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bet.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- BMet
-
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bio-
-
- cac-
-
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aire
-
- aet.
-
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- YMCA
-
- AIME
-
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- etym
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- etc.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- IMCO
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- abr.
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- acc.
-
- Ice.
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acr-
-
- ICBM
-
- ICAO
-
- Emmy
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
- aer-
-
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- eco-
-
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- 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.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- BEM
-
- BMT
-
- TMO
-
- BMR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- UIT
-
- aor
-
- ABM
-
- AOU
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- BMI
-
- UCR
-
- BME
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- UAM
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- abt
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ROA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- UCC
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- RCT
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ac-
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ab-
-
- REA
-
- Am.
-
- AME
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTC
-
- RCA
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- RBI
-
- uti
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- UAE
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- UMT
-
- ur-
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Ar.
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ure
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- AUC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- BIE
-
- AMC
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Tro
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- 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.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- TCA
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- Br.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- be-
-
- TBA
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- BCE
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- Bac
-
- AIC
-
- Tu.
-
- UAR
-
- at.
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ATB
-
- tra
-
- AMU
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- tr.
-
- acy
-
- rt.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- bi-
-
- ARU
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- by-
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- rte
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Amb
-
- 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.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- BCC
-
verb (used with object),
to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to (someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee).
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- tue
-
- ATC
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- bec
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- IOC
-
- RBC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- my-
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- MBO
-
- Mbm
-
- eir
-
- EMR
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- 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.
- MMT
-
- 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.
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- CRC
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIE
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CTA
-
- CTC
-
- cte
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- EMT
-
- 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.
- CMA
-
- yer
-
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- MBE
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- ium
-
- Yeo
-
- ier
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ity
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- MM.
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- IOU
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IOT
-
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- io-
-
- ery
-
- ERT
-
- ety
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- Mao
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ib.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ICC
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- CMC
-
- MME
-
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- OIt
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- OMB
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- MOR
-
- OIr
-
- CBE
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- oic
-
- OEM
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- OCR
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- OCC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- CBC
-
- OBE
-
- cc.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OAU
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- BRE
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- BRM
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RMA
-
- Bt.
-
- Re.
-
- BTE
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- bu.
-
- buy
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ior
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ory
-
- ca.
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- CAI
-
- CCA
-
- CIC
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- mum
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- CIA
-
- CIB
-
- MTO
-
- Mt.
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- CEA
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- cyc
-
noun,
cyclorama (def 2).
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Cym
-
- CYO
-
- CEC
-
- MTI
-
- ote
-
- Oc.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OTC
-
- CCU
-
- CCR
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- ob.
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- ey
-
- RC
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- BC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- BM
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- BO
-
- yr
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- RU
-
- TC
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- 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.
- UI
-
- TB
-
- M.
-
- O.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- Y.
-
- ic
-
- RO
-
- t.
-
- YT
-
- CM
-
- CU
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CE
-
- TM
-
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- YB
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CB
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Eb
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- EI
-
- U.
-
- ty
-
- UC
-
- ry
-
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- UB
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
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- MB
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