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- ambulantes
-
noun,
a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- neuroblast
-
noun,
an immature nerve cell.
- aeronauts
-
noun,
the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
- Satu-Mare
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- subnormal
-
adjective,
below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal:
- astrolabe
-
noun,
an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: used by Greek astronomers from about 200 b.c. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until superseded by the sextant.
- saturable
-
adjective,
capable of being saturated.
- Solutrean
-
adjective,
Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- mestranol
-
noun,
an estrogen, C 21 H 26 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- stableman
-
noun,
a person who works in a stable.
- subaltern
-
noun,
a person who has a subordinate position.
- Ulsterman
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- trombones
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- alumroots
-
noun,
any of several North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, especially H. americana, having mottled foliage and greenish-white flowers.
- last-born
-
noun,
a last-born or youngest child.
- neuromast
-
noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- marabouts
-
noun,
Islam.
a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers.
the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- rambutans
-
- menstrual
-
adjective,
of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- ambulante
-
noun,
a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- Lumberton
-
noun,
a city in S North Carolina.
- anomalous
-
adjective,
deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal:
- anterooms
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- albumens
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- blastoma
-
noun,
a tumor originating from undifferentiated embryonic cells and having little or no connective tissue.
- sea-room
-
noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- blastema
-
noun,
an aggregation of cells in an early embryo, capable of differentiation into specialized tissue and organs.
- oatmeals
-
noun,
meal made from ground or rolled oats.
- autosome
-
noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- turnsole
-
noun,
any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- Austral.
-
- staumrel
-
noun,
a stupid person.
- bloaters
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- seamount
-
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.
- bloomers
-
noun,
a costume for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.
- maternal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
- bluesman
-
noun,
a musician who sings or plays blues.
- storable
-
noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- entomol.
-
- remounts
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- temblors
-
noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- enormous
-
adjective,
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
- saboteur
-
noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- rubstone
-
noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- tamburas
-
noun,
an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- lambaste
-
verb (used with object),
to beat or whip severely.
- baluster
-
noun,
Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
- ambulant
-
adjective,
moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
- baronets
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- barstool
-
noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- ambulate
-
verb (used without object),
to walk about or move from place to place.
- nelumbos
-
noun,
lotus (def 3).
- Mableton
-
noun,
a town in NW Georgia.
- neuromas
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- neutrals
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- rosulate
-
adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- Lorestan
-
noun,
Luristan.
- alumroot
-
noun,
any of several North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, especially H. americana, having mottled foliage and greenish-white flowers.
- Rosemont
-
noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- umbonate
-
adjective,
having an umbo or projecting boss.
- naturals
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- rubeolas
-
noun,
measles.
- tombolas
-
noun,
house (def 19).
- moonlets
-
noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- routeman
-
noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- notables
-
noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- romaunts
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Beaumont
-
noun,
Francis, 1584–1616, English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- balestra
-
noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- manteaus
-
noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- almoners
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- aeronaut
-
noun,
the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
- Marabout
-
noun,
Islam.
a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers.
the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- lamberts
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- T-number
-
noun,
one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- Nembutal
-
- sea-born
-
adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- borneols
-
noun,
a white, translucent, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, occurring in various isomeric forms, having a burning, mintlike taste, obtained from the trunk of a tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, or by the reduction of camphor: used in the form of its esters in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and in perfumery.
- monaural
-
adjective,
monophonic (def 2).
- Burleson
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- motorbus
-
noun,
a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- oronasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. orinasal (def 2).
- abnormal
-
adjective,
not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard:
- saleroom
-
noun,
Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- ortolans
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- abluents
-
noun,
a cleansing agent.
- mensural
-
adjective,
pertaining to measure.
- booleans
-
noun,
Computers. a Boolean data type.
- butanols
-
noun,
butyl alcohol.
- arbalest
-
noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- boomlets
-
noun,
a brief increase, as in business activity or political popularity.
- talesman
-
noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- troubles
-
noun,
difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
- abalones
-
noun,
a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
- ramulose
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adjective,
having many small branches.
- mesotron
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- burstone
-
noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- burnoose
-
noun,
a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by Arabs.
- sarmenta
-
noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- Santarem
-
noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- bromates
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- tumbrels
-
noun,
one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- unstable
-
adjective,
not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- tearooms
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- tambours
-
noun,
Music. a drum.
- Bramante
-
noun,
Donato d'Agnolo [daw-nah-taw dah-nyaw-law] /dɔˈnɑ tɔ ˈdɑ nyɔ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1444–1514, Italian architect and painter.
- tremolos
-
noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- mounters
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- boatsman
-
noun,
boatman.
- Montrose
-
noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- Montreal
-
noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- monteros
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- anteroom
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- boatsmen
-
noun,
boatman.
- Antabuse
-
- asarotum
-
noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- melanous
-
adjective,
having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- Monstera
-
noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- tumblers
-
noun,
a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.
- ratsbane
-
noun,
rat poison.
- Absolute
-
noun,
something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to relative).
- trombone
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- bantams
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- mobster
-
noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- manbote
-
noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- 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.
- balteus
-
noun,
(on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- arseno-
-
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- malates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- maltase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- Aubanel
-
noun,
Théodore [tey-aw-dawr] /teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1829–86, French poet.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- melano-
-
- Ausable
-
noun,
a river in NE New York, flowing NE through a gorge (Ausable Chasm) into Lake Champlain. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- Masbate
-
noun,
one of the central islands of the Philippines. 1262 sq. mi. (3269 sq. km).
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- transl.
-
- Setubal
-
noun,
Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- traumas
-
noun,
Pathology.
a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident.
the condition produced by this; traumatism.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- tambura
-
noun,
an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Austro-
-
- maroons
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- seaboot
-
noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- manteau
-
noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Balaton
-
noun,
a lake in W Hungary: the largest lake in central Europe. About 50 miles (80 km) long; 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantuas
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- marabou
-
noun,
any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- meltons
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- trouble
-
noun,
difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
- merlons
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- marbles
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- astrol.
-
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- somato-
-
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- subarea
-
noun,
a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- boolean
-
noun,
Computers. a Boolean data type.
- sunroom
-
noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- Sunbelt
-
noun,
the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- sunbeam
-
noun,
a beam or ray of sunlight.
- Sumatra
-
noun,
a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- sublate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny or contradict; negate.
- subatom
-
noun,
any component of an atom.
- Boletus
-
noun,
any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
- boleros
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- boomers
-
noun,
a person or thing that booms.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- stumble
-
noun,
the act of stumbling.
- Boeotus
-
noun,
a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- boatmen
-
noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- boatman
-
noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- eluants
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- boatels
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- embolus
-
noun,
undissolved material carried by the blood and impacted in some part of the vascular system, as thrombi or fragments of thrombi, tissue fragments, clumps of bacteria, protozoan parasites, fat globules, or gas bubbles.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- butanol
-
noun,
butyl alcohol.
- boomlet
-
noun,
a brief increase, as in business activity or political popularity.
- temblor
-
noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- Brotula
-
noun,
any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- tambour
-
noun,
Music. a drum.
- branles
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- bournes
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Tambora
-
noun,
an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9042 feet (2756 meters).
- boulter
-
noun,
a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- Breslau
-
noun,
German name of Wrocław.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- tamales
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- tamable
-
adjective,
able to be tamed.
- bromals
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- butanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- brunets
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- borneol
-
noun,
a white, translucent, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, occurring in various isomeric forms, having a burning, mintlike taste, obtained from the trunk of a tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, or by the reduction of camphor: used in the form of its esters in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and in perfumery.
- tabular
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.
- tableau
-
noun,
a picture, as of a scene.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- boranes
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Burmans
-
noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- burnets
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- burtons
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- booster
-
noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- 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.
- Telamon
-
noun,
atlas (def 5).
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- batsman
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- beltman
-
noun,
a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- Belmont
-
noun,
Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt [urt-skin] /ˈɜrt skɪn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- tombola
-
noun,
house (def 19).
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- batsmen
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- lobster
-
noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- bemoans
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- loments
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- baseman
-
noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- slumber
-
noun,
Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, especially light sleep.
- lumbars
-
noun,
a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- lumbers
-
noun,
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- Barnaul
-
noun,
the capital of the Altai territory in the Russian Federation, on the Ob River, S of Novosibirsk.
- laurate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- Latrobe
-
noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- bluster
-
noun,
boisterous noise and violence:
- Stambul
-
noun,
the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.
- entombs
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- entomo-
-
- sternum
-
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.
- sterno-
-
- blouson
-
noun,
a woman's outer garment having a drawstring, belt, or similar closing, at or below the waist, which causes it to blouse.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Bloomer
-
noun,
a costume for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.
- stearo-
-
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- 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.
- bleaunt
-
noun,
a short tunic or blouse, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- labarum
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
- labours
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- blasto-
-
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- lambent
-
adjective,
running or moving lightly over a surface:
- Lambert
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- soroban
-
noun,
a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- moonlet
-
noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- tremolo
-
noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- moonset
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- natural
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- Ameslan
-
noun,
American Sign Language.
- Absalom
-
noun,
the third and favorite son of David, who rebelled against his father and was slain by Joab. II Sam. 13–18.
- roubles
-
noun,
ruble.
- ooblast
-
noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- nebulas
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
(formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Nelumbo
-
noun,
lotus (def 3).
- Ambrose
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- unroots
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- reboots
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- nemato-
-
- onerous
-
adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- ablator
-
noun,
See under ablation (def 3).
- ratable
-
adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- ablauts
-
noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- Osborne
-
noun,
John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- abluent
-
noun,
a cleansing agent.
- rumbles
-
noun,
a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- amorous
-
adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- mutable
-
adjective,
liable or subject to change or alteration.
- amulets
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- rubeola
-
noun,
measles.
- namable
-
adjective,
nameable.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- Umberto
-
noun,
Humbert I.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- oatmeal
-
noun,
meal made from ground or rolled oats.
- unbolts
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- romanos
-
- albumen
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- retools
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- unbelts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- numbats
-
noun,
banded anteater.
- unbosom
-
Idioms,
unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs:
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Numbers
-
noun,
the fourth book of the Old Testament, containing the census of the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. Abbreviation: Num.
- robalos
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- numbles
-
plural noun,
certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.
- numeral
-
noun,
a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number:
- Robeson
-
noun,
Paul, 1898–1976, U.S. singer and actor.
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- unloose
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- unmoors
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- amatols
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- unmoral
-
adjective,
neither moral nor immoral; amoral; nonmoral:
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- amateur
-
noun,
a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
Compare professional.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- neutro-
-
- roseola
-
noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- notable
-
noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- umbonal
-
adjective,
having the shape or appearance of an umbo; bosslike:
- Altoona
-
noun,
a city in central Pennsylvania.
- nombles
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- alarums
-
noun,
alarm.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- oblates
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- muletas
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- antero-
-
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Salomon
-
noun,
Haym [hahym] /haɪm/ (Show IPA), 1740?–85, American financier and patriot, born in Poland.
- rabatos
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- ranulas
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- Ouranos
-
noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- tumbrel
-
noun,
one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- abalone
-
noun,
a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
- tunable
-
adjective,
capable of being tuned.
- Antaeus
-
noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- outsole
-
noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- moutons
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- tumbler
-
noun,
a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- rambles
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- sabaton
-
noun,
a foot defense of mail or of a number of lames with solid toe and heel pieces.
- Morelos
-
noun,
a state in S central Mexico. 1916 sq. mi. (4960 sq. km). Capital: Cuernavaca.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- morulas
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- Utamaro
-
noun,
Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Tuonela
-
noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- arables
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- oboles
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- obolus
-
noun,
a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
- rambla
-
noun,
a dry ravine.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- eroto-
-
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- brules
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bromo-
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- bromal
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- busman
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- labrum
-
noun,
a lip or liplike part.
- Labuan
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Sabah: part of Sabah state, E Malaysia: a free port. 35 sq. mi. (90.65 sq. km).
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- stamba
-
noun,
(in India) a memorial pillar.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Rabaul
-
noun,
a seaport on NE New Britain island, in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- obelus
-
noun,
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- steno-
-
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- brumes
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Oberon
-
noun,
(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- Rameau
-
noun,
Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labour
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- brumal
-
adjective,
wintry.
- brutal
-
adjective,
savage; cruel; inhuman:
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- subtle
-
adjective,
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ormolu
-
noun,
Also called mosaic gold. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Burman
-
noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sublet
-
noun,
a sublease.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- bustle
-
noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- osteo-
-
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Osborn
-
noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Butler
-
noun,
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Brunel
-
noun,
Isambard Kingdom [iz-uh m-bahrd] /ˈɪz əmˌbɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1806–59, English civil engineer and naval architect.
- busmen
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- suable
-
adjective,
liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- Elbrus
-
noun,
a mountain in the S Russian Federation, in the Caucasus range: the highest peak in Europe, 18,465 feet (5628 meters).
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- LeBrun
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- sabalo
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- masto-
-
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- Multan
-
noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- sabora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Babylonia during the 6th century a.d., whose editing of the work of the Babylonian amoraim constituted the final stage in the preparation of the Babylonian Gemara.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- Mouton
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- melan-
-
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Mantua
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- manual
-
noun,
a small book, especially one giving information or instructions:
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- rumbas
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- rumble
-
noun,
a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- murals
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- 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.
- moults
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- sambar
-
noun,
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Sambal
-
noun,
a condiment or side dish of Indonesia, Malaysia, and southern India, made with any of various ingredients, as vegetables, fish, or coconut, usually seasoned with chili peppers and spices and served with rice and curries.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- 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.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- 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.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- moolas
-
noun,
money.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- merous
-
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- morula
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- metal.
-
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- lemurs
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- somat-
-
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Romulo
-
noun,
Carlos Pena [kahr-laws pe-nah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˈpɛ nɑ/ (Show IPA), 1901–85, Philippine diplomat, journalist, and educator.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- lobose
-
adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- numbat
-
noun,
banded anteater.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- larums
-
noun,
alarum.
- numble
-
plural noun,
certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- number
-
noun,
a numeral or group of numerals.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Roboam
-
noun,
Rehoboam.
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Robson
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- nemat-
-
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Mabuse
-
noun,
Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- 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.
- nebula
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
(formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- serbo-
-
- Malabo
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Equatorial Guinea, on N Bioko island.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- 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.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- 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.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Manaus
-
noun,
Manáos.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- luteo-
-
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- neuro-
-
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- lumbar
-
noun,
a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.
- lumber
-
noun,
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- neurol
-
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- lumbo-
-
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- rouble
-
noun,
ruble.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Boston
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- almous
-
noun,
alms.
- unable
-
adjective,
lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act:
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- blurts
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- blunts
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- umbras
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Barnum
-
noun,
P(hineas) T(aylor) 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- bluets
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- blouse
-
noun,
a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- barman
-
noun,
a man who bartends; bartender.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Bantam
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
- alamos
-
noun,
a poplar.
- tauro-
-
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- unmoor
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Bolton
-
noun,
a borough in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- bolson
-
noun,
a desert valley, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa.
- alarum
-
noun,
alarm.
- Tubman
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- unbolt
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- tubmen
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- albums
-
noun,
a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, pockets, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
a digital collection of photographs, stored on a computer or mobile device for viewing, displaying, or sharing.
- unbelt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- blooms
-
noun,
the flower of a plant.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- bateau
-
noun,
Also, batteau. Nautical.
Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers.
a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack.
(in some regions) a scow.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- bemaul
-
verb (used with object),
to maul severely.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- Batman
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- turbo-
-
- anemo-
-
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- amoeba
-
noun,
ameba.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- blames
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- alumna
-
noun,
a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- Tumbes
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- umbles
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- amatol
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- umbers
-
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)
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- ultra-
-
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- ambles
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- umbels
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- amebas
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trans.
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Asarum
-
noun,
the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.
- arsen-
-
- tubers
-
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.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- balaos
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Abrams
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- 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.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- astro-
-
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- austr-
-
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Balsam
-
noun,
any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead.
Compare balm (def 1).
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- ablaut
-
noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- borons
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Borneo
-
noun,
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
- 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.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- abloom
-
adverb, adjective,
in bloom; blossoming; flowering.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- astron
-
- tarso-
-
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- urano-
-
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Urbana
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois, adjoining Champaign.
- Borman
-
noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- usable
-
adjective,
available or convenient for use:
- aeron.
-
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- utero-
-
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- trauma
-
noun,
Pathology.
a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident.
the condition produced by this; traumatism.
- Boomer
-
noun,
a person or thing that booms.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Toombs
-
noun,
Robert, 1810–85, U.S. lawyer, orator, and Confederate statesman and army officer.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Bootle
-
noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- boutel
-
noun,
boltel (def 1).
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- boules
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- 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.
- MSEnt
-
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Arab.
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Maura
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- 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.
- 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.
- matr-
-
- treas
-
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- ante-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- atmo-
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- 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.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MOTOS
-
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- 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.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- 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.
- samba
-
noun,
a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- tubal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- ASEAN
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- 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.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- meso-
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- meta-
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 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.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- MNurs
-
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- 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.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Aruba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the West Indies, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 69 sq. mi. (179 sq. km).
- metr-
-
- tubas
-
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.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Metol
-
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- areo-
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- 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.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- mero-
-
- 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.
- Mont.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- 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.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Arnel
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- astr.
-
- mools
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Brale
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- onto-
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- aero-
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- Abuna
-
noun,
the title of the chief bishop of the Ethiopian Church.
- Reaum
-
- abstr
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- 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)
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Obama
-
noun,
Barack (Hussein), Jr [buh-rahk hoo-seyn] /bəˈrɑk huˈseɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. since 2009.
- album
-
noun,
a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, pockets, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
a digital collection of photographs, stored on a computer or mobile device for viewing, displaying, or sharing.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- Alas.
-
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- 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.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- 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.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- USLTA
-
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 30-30
-
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- abeam
-
adverb,
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line:
- Abram
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- uran-
-
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orlon
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- osmo-
-
- oste-
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- naso-
-
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Amer.
-
- naut.
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nears
-
- mono-
-
- 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.
- Nebr.
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- umbel
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- ameba
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- 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)
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- 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.
- 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.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- anat.
-
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- 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.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- ulama
-
plural noun,
the doctors of Muslim religion and law.
- anal.
-
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruble
-
noun,
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- ulent
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- 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.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- 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.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noso-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Alta.
-
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- numbs
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- neur-
-
- 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.
- ambas
-
noun,
anba.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- neut.
-
- umble
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nomo-
-
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- alum.
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Bloom
-
noun,
the flower of a plant.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- tera-
-
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- term.
-
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- 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.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- ster.
-
- estab
-
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- telo-
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- BMarE
-
- ento-
-
- blurt
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- blume
-
noun,
Judy, born 1938, U.S. novelist.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Blaeu
-
noun,
Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- 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.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- Srta.
-
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- boro-
-
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- bosom
-
noun,
the breast of a human being.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- BSMet
-
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- BSRet
-
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Brule
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Boule
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- brom-
-
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- broom
-
noun,
an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- emuls
-
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- 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.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- tears
-
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- burls
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- Boone
-
noun,
Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- 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.
- booms
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- slurb
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- lubes
-
noun,
lubricant.
- lubra
-
noun,
an Aborigine girl or woman.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Bart.
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- lumb-
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- male-
-
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- sero-
-
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- tono-
-
- baro-
-
- 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.
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- 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.
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Balt.
-
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- BALUN
-
noun,
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- auto.
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- 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.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- mast-
-
- 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.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Aust.
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Baume
-
noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- 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.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- looms
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- 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.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- USMA
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Sem.
-
- USAR
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- sur-
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- USNA
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- rel.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tron
-
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- 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.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tRNA
-
- SATB
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- uro-
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- uret
-
- saur
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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)
- 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.
- tab.
-
- Sat.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tasm
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- taur
-
- SRBM
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Tob.
-
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- ulto
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 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.
- 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.
- Rus.
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- 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.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Sab.
-
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- soln
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- Tues
-
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- SLBM
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- 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.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sub-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Saml
-
- 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.
- str.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Ste.
-
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sam.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- ten.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 1080
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- LRBM
-
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bal.
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- lobs
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- 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:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- 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-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- ASTM
-
- ASME
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- BMus
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mal-
-
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- ator
-
- Mar.
-
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- btl.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bul.
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Buna
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- 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.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- but-
-
- BSRT
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Bol.
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- boom
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- BSOT
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- bot.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- 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.
- 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.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- BSEM
-
- BSLM
-
- bor.
-
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- BSME
-
- BSMT
-
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- BSNA
-
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Lab.
-
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Lam.
-
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- 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.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- 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.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- BMet
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Blum
-
noun,
Léon [lee-on;; French ley-awn] /ˈli ɒn;; French leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1872–1950, French statesman, journalist, and Socialist Party leader: premier of France 1936–37, 1938, 1946–47.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ens.
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- eous
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- bet.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- MNAS
-
- atm.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- NRAB
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Amal
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- NTSB
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Nor.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- 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.
- amus
-
- 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.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- nom.
-
- 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.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- NLRB
-
- AMLS
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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.
- NOAA
-
- AMBA
-
noun,
anba.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Anas
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- abl.
-
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ALBM
-
- 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.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alb.
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- aet.
-
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obs.
-
- aer-
-
- ole-
-
- ABLS
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- abs-
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- abr.
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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).
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Arm.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Mon.
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- mult
-
- mun.
-
- 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.
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- mout
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- art.
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MSAE
-
- MSBA
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- 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.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- ANTU
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- mus.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- ano-
-
- MusB
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- 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.
- an.
-
- abn
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- al.
-
- asb
-
- USO
-
- USR
-
- ATA
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ABM
-
- AAE
-
- ATB
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- 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.
- ur-
-
- Tro
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ab-
-
- BNS
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Bn.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Am.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Tu.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- TSE
-
- USM
-
- ure
-
- Ar.
-
- ASN
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- USN
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- BMT
-
- TBA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASU
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ase
-
- ast
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- at.
-
- USB
-
- ASR
-
- 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.
- Aar
-
- TBO
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AAM
-
- AAU
-
- USA
-
- BMS
-
- AOA
-
- Br.
-
- 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.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Amb
-
- ASM
-
- bl.
-
- BEM
-
- 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.
- be-
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tr.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- tra
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- AME
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- UAM
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- UAR
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- AMU
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- 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.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- AMS
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ult
-
- ALU
-
- AOU
-
- BMR
-
- BLS
-
- UAE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ARS
-
- tue
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ble
-
- BLM
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Une
-
- ARU
-
- AEA
-
- uns
-
- ae.
-
- BME
-
- abt
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- BLA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- UMT
-
- 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.
- tlo
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ALM
-
- TNB
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TMO
-
- AUA
-
- tlr
-
- UNO
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- NAA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- MTS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MST
-
- NBA
-
- NES
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Mt.
-
- MSN
-
- NMR
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MNA
-
- sb.
-
- SBA
-
- SBE
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MBO
-
- MLS
-
- MNE
-
- MSE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MSA
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MNS
-
- MOR
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- 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.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- 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:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- REA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OOT
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ose
-
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- OMB
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OSO
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NMU
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- ob.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUM
-
- NUL
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OAO
-
- NSU
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- 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.
- Om.
-
- 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.
- Ola
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- obl
-
- OBE
-
- OAS
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- STL
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- 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.
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- STM
-
- ESR
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Sr.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- SRB
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- Lt.
-
- ESU
-
- La.
-
- STB
-
- Mao
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EBS
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Bt.
-
- BRE
-
- BRM
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- BSE
-
- BSM
-
- TAL
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- BST
-
- BTE
-
- EbN
-
- EAM
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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:
- 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.
- ean
-
- EAA
-
- bu.
-
- ea.
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- eu-
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- SLR
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- LSM
-
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- LMT
-
- MSL
-
- MBE
-
- SMB
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SLE
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Les
-
- LST
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- lub
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LBO
-
- 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).
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- SLA
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SNU
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- SMA
-
- MAA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- M.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- TB
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MN
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- MB
-
- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RN
-
- 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.
- BM
-
- UB
-
- BO
-
- NB
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NM
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- NL
-
- L.
-
- L1
-
- le
-
- U.
-
- RU
-
- UL
-
- TM
-
- LM
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- SM
-
- ol
-
- Eb
-
- LR
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SU
-
- SN
-
- RO
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- SA
-
- OA
-
- S.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- L2
-