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- substation
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noun,
a branch of a main post office.
- tambourins
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noun,
a long narrow drum of Provence.
- strontiums
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noun,
a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- outsmarts
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Idioms,
outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
- antirusts
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- tambourin
-
noun,
a long narrow drum of Provence.
- strontium
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noun,
a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- strontias
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- stirabout
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noun,
porridge.
- saturnism
-
noun,
lead poisoning (def 1b).
- urbanisms
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noun,
the way of life of people who live in a large city.
- urbanists
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- transmits
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- Romanists
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- mutations
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noun,
Biology.
a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- stratums
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noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- bistorts
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noun,
Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- sub-rosa
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adverb,
confidentially; secretly; privately.
- mutation
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noun,
Biology.
a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- tsunamis
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- botanist
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noun,
a specialist in botany.
- transoms
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- amorists
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- mistrust
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noun,
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- tambours
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noun,
Music. a drum.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- turistas
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noun,
tourista.
- romaunts
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- tritomas
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- intrusts
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- subatoms
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noun,
any component of an atom.
- biramous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two branches:
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- outsmart
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Idioms,
outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
- Urbanist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- somatist
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noun,
a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- urbanism
-
noun,
the way of life of people who live in a large city.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- transmit
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- tourisms
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- bimanous
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adjective,
having two hands, especially as distinct from feet.
- nostrums
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- tambour
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noun,
Music. a drum.
- issuant
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adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- bariums
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noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- Tritoma
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- intombs
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- isobars
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noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- intrust
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- basions
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noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- aurists
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- tinamou
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noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- bistort
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noun,
Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- biomass
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noun,
Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- bistros
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noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- tourist
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noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Britton
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noun,
Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- Austro-
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- autisms
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noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- BSTrans
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- Buisson
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noun,
Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- Burmans
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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.
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- buttons
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noun,
a bellboy or page in a hotel.
- tantrum
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noun,
a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
- Basutos
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noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- trismus
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noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- strunts
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noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- suborns
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verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- natrium
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- nostrum
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- sistrum
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noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- numbats
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noun,
banded anteater.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- omnibus
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noun,
bus1 (def 1).
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sanious
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adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- muttons
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noun,
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
- outmans
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- outsits
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verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- Russian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- ramsons
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransoms
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rattons
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noun,
a rat.
- rubatos
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noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- romaunt
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- mutants
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noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- submits
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verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- strumas
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- subatom
-
noun,
any component of an atom.
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martinu
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noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- mattins
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noun,
matin (def 1).
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- stratus
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noun,
a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- stamin-
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- stratum
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noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- strato-
-
- missout
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- strati-
-
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stomat-
-
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- stators
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noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Statius
-
noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- attrib.
-
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- atriums
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noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- turbits
-
noun,
one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Umbrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Umbria.
- aristo-
-
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- utmosts
-
noun,
Also, uttermost. the greatest degree or amount:
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- turbots
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- numis.
-
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- amino-
-
- tauto-
-
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- Timaru
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noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- numbat
-
noun,
banded anteater.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- tauro-
-
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- sturts
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- 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.
- Brasso
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Braşov.
- Umbria
-
noun,
an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Tubman
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- turbo-
-
- urano-
-
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- umbras
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- 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.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- amnios
-
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- intomb
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- iatro-
-
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Nimbus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- somat-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- somni-
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Somnus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- mutant
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- mutton
-
noun,
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- iambus
-
noun,
iamb.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- bosuns
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- 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.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- submit
-
verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- bursas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- bursts
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- tarso-
-
- arsons
-
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.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- busman
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- turbit
-
noun,
one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Button
-
noun,
a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- nitro-
-
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- trans.
-
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- storms
-
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.
- barit.
-
- barium
-
noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Mobius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- rumbas
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- Barnum
-
noun,
P(hineas) T(aylor) 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- astro-
-
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- stomas
-
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.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- trusts
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- Batumi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.
- Russo-
-
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- astron
-
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- utmost
-
noun,
Also, uttermost. the greatest degree or amount:
- 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.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- roasts
-
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.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- austr-
-
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- tribo-
-
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- aniso-
-
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Borman
-
noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- Samsun
-
noun,
a city in N Turkey, in Asia.
- turbot
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- struts
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- matri-
-
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- sambos
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- sabirs
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Bissau
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- sabins
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- urino-
-
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- masto-
-
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- 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.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- amin-
-
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- MSBus
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Mont.
-
- stat.
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- MNurs
-
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- mutts
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- rusts
-
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.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- 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.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- ORuss
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Sans.
-
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- onium
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 30-30
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- 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.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- 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.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snobs
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- nitr-
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- snubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of snubbing.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- naut.
-
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- ambi-
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- naso-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Nabis
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- omni-
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- abstr
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- OBrit
-
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- uran-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- numbs
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sino-
-
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Unit.
-
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- sito-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- 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.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- asst.
-
- 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.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- baro-
-
- 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.
- busts
-
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.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- Bart.
-
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- 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.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- 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).
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- tonia
-
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- brom-
-
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tubi-
-
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- assn.
-
- toti-
-
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- tious
-
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- botts
-
noun,
bot2 .
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- 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.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- biont
-
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- inst.
-
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- atmo-
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- ation
-
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- mast-
-
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Aust.
-
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- miso-
-
- atto-
-
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- anim.
-
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- anis-
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Matt.
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- matr-
-
- subst
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Iran.
-
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- arium
-
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- auto.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sumos
-
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.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- astr.
-
- 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.
- intr.
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USIA
-
- tRNA
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- USSB
-
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- 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.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- USNA
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- USMA
-
- USIS
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Rus.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trit
-
- uro-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- 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.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- TRIB
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- USAR
-
- tri-
-
- Sab.
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RONA
-
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Soni
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sub-
-
- str.
-
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tron
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- 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.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- SRBM
-
- SRAM
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- saur
-
- 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.
- tion
-
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SATB
-
- Sat.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- uria
-
- Tob.
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Sam.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SMSA
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- uni-
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tasm
-
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- taur
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sur-
-
- 1080
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mon.
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- bin-
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mout
-
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- mRNA
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- MSBA
-
- mis-
-
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- MNAS
-
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- ator
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Aus.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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:
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- atm.
-
- 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.
- aur-
-
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- MSTS
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bar.
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mun.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- MusB
-
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- BMus
-
- mus.
-
- aut-
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- BSIT
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- BSIR
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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.
- ious
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IRBM
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- ins.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- 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.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- 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.
-
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- but-
-
- BSMT
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Butt
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol.
- BSSA
-
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- BSNA
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Mar.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- 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.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- 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.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- 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.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- ISBN
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- ISSN
-
- 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).
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- bot.
-
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- att.
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- osis
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Ont.
-
- amt.
-
- 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.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ant.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obs.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- amus
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- abs-
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- RNAS
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- RIBA
-
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ANTU
-
- Buna
-
- asis
-
- nos-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NIRA
-
- nom.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- ASSR
-
- NTIA
-
- art.
-
- not-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NTSB
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NRAB
-
- ASTM
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- ARIS
-
- Nor.
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- BRT
-
- TSI
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- 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.
- abt
-
- TSS
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- BRM
-
- Tro
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ASN
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- BSA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ASR
-
- Ar.
-
- Am.
-
- uti
-
- at.
-
- ab-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- an.
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ast
-
- ATB
-
- BSO
-
- BSN
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- TBA
-
- USN
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- USM
-
- TIA
-
- BSM
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- USB
-
- ABM
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- abn
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TMO
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ASU
-
- UAM
-
- USS
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- AMS
-
- Bn.
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- AMU
-
- BMT
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BMS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BMR
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- BMI
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- 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.
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- BNS
-
- ARU
-
- ASM
-
- Amb
-
- ur-
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TNB
-
- TNT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TTS
-
- BSS
-
- 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.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- 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.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UMT
-
- Br.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Tu.
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- UIT
-
- ASI
-
- asb
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ium
-
- bu.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NSU
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NUM
-
- ob.
-
- SMB
-
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- OAU
-
- SMA
-
- SMS
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- 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.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NBS
-
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- SNU
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NMU
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OIt
-
- SRS
-
- RSS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RBI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rs.
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Om.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SAR
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RMA
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- 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.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ISA
-
- Sus
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- SUN
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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.
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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:
- IUS
-
- Mo.
-
- IRS
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- MBO
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRO
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Ir.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- MSA
-
- STI
-
- MTI
-
- SSN
-
- STB
-
- SSR
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- MSI
-
- SSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- Mt.
-
- OIr
-
- SSM
-
- SSB
-
- MOR
-
- MIT
-
- MNA
-
- ss.
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MOI
-
- SSA
-
- mtn
-
- STM
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- B-
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- AO
-
- NB
-
- NI
-
- BM
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RU
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- RO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- RN
-
- UB
-
- MN
-
- OA
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SU
-
- BO
-
- MB
-
- TT
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- U.
-
- TN
-
- TM
-
- SN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
-
- 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.
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TB
-
- T1
-
- RI
-
- t.
-