Anagrams of nomenclatures
Word nomenclatures has
3041 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of nomenclatures.
- nomenclature
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noun,
a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- monstrance
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noun,
a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- latecomers
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noun,
a person who arrives late:
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- encounters
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- counterman
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- countermen
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- nectareous
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adjective,
nectarous.
- tolerances
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- Launceston
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noun,
a city on N Tasmania.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- nonmetals
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noun,
an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- McAlester
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noun,
a city in E Oklahoma.
- crenulate
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adjective,
minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- numerates
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- nucleates
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adjective,
having a nucleus.
- Solutrean
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adjective,
Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- aleurones
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noun,
protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
- elastomer
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noun,
an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene.
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- salometer
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noun,
salinometer.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- castoreum
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noun,
castor1 (def 1).
- consulate
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noun,
the premises officially occupied by a consul.
- cornmeals
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- mouse-ear
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noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- corelates
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- cannelure
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noun,
a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- Ulsterman
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- selectman
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noun,
(in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- nocturnes
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- neuromast
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noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- mestranol
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noun,
an estrogen, C 21 H 26 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- mesorecta
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noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- Mescalero
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noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- ulcerates
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- menstrual
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adjective,
of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- nocturnal
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noun,
Archaic. an astrolabe for telling time at night or for determining latitude by the position of certain stars in reference to Polaris.
- electrums
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noun,
an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
- mucronate
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adjective,
having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- latecomer
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noun,
a person who arrives late:
- lannerets
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- renounces
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- ceruleans
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- encounter
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- calutrons
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- recountal
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noun,
an act of recounting.
- enclosure
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noun,
something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- relocates
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- calenture
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noun,
Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
- Claremont
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- larcenous
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adjective,
of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- urceolate
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adjective,
shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- calutron
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- scrannel
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adjective,
thin or slight.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- ulcerate
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- mensural
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adjective,
pertaining to measure.
- talesmen
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- Menelaus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- courlans
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noun,
the limpkin.
- calumets
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noun,
a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- annulose
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adjective,
furnished with or composed of rings:
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- esculent
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noun,
something edible, especially a vegetable.
- celature
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noun,
the art of embossing metal.
- costumer
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- enounces
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- Cameroun
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noun,
Cameroon (def 1).
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- counter-
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- Eteoclus
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noun,
one of the Seven against Thebes.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- lectures
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- emulates
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adjective,
Obsolete. emulous.
- leucomas
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noun,
leukoma.
- Telemann
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noun,
Georg Philipp [gey-awrk fee-lip,, fil-ip] /geɪˌɔrk ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA), 1681–1767, German composer.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- staumrel
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noun,
a stupid person.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- lecterns
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- electro-
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- steelman
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noun,
a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- aureoles
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- Laurence
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noun,
Physics. a shimmering effect seen over a hot surface, such as a pavement or roadway, on a clear and calm day, caused by the irregular refraction of light.
Compare scintillation (def 4).
- electrum
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noun,
an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
- customer
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noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- cornmeal
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- melanous
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adjective,
having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- Manolete
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noun,
(Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- trunnels
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noun,
treenail.
- turnsole
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noun,
any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- Casement
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noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- lactones
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Turcoman
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noun,
Turkoman.
- cumarone
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noun,
coumarone.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- lucernes
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noun,
alfalfa.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- lucarnes
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noun,
a dormer window.
- lacunose
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adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- clansmen
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noun,
a member of a clan.
- annulets
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noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- scleroma
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noun,
a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- nucleate
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adjective,
having a nucleus.
- romaunts
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- toluenes
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routemen
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- alencons
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- nucleons
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noun,
a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- aleurone
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noun,
protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
- nuclease
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noun,
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- centrums
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noun,
a center.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- columnar
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adjective,
shaped like a column.
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- noumenal
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adjective,
ontic.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- columnea
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noun,
any of various vines or shrubs of the genus Columnea, native to tropical America, that have tubular, showy, two-lipped flowers and are often cultivated as houseplants.
- norsemen
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noun,
Northman.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- cerulean
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- relucent
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adjective,
shining; bright.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- cleanout
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noun,
an act of cleaning out.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cerumens
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noun,
earwax.
- reclames
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noun,
publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Clements
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noun,
a male given name.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- renounce
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- ramulose
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adjective,
having many small branches.
- racemous
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adjective,
racemose.
- racemose
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adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- resolute
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adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- Comnenus
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noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- noctules
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noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- unlearns
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verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- contemns
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- Consuela
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- consumer
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noun,
a person or thing that consumes.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- muscatel
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noun,
a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- nocturns
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noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- sclerema
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noun,
sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- Muenster
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- nonmetal
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noun,
an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- nocturne
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- Emanuel
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is with us.”.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- coulees
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noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- contra-
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- eluates
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- contemn
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- enamels
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noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- cleomes
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noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- tonneau
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- emulate
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adjective,
Obsolete. emulous.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- entero-
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- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- ensnarl
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- cleaner
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noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- enounce
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cormels
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Clemens
-
noun,
Roger (William Roger Clemens"The Rocket") born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- Clement
-
noun,
a male given name.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- eluants
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- cuneate
-
adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- courlan
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- Tlemcen
-
noun,
a city in NW Algeria.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- creoles
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- colures
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- counsel
-
noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- Clurman
-
noun,
Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
-
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- toluene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- colmars
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- constr.
-
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Telamon
-
noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Coleman
-
noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nemato-
-
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- neutro-
-
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- sanctum
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- noctule
-
noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- morulas
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- scrotum
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- sclero-
-
- muletas
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- muscone
-
noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- Seconal
-
- reclame
-
noun,
publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recluse
-
noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- relumes
-
verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- runnels
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nuclear
-
noun,
nuclear energy:
- nucleo-
-
- nucleon
-
noun,
a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- numeral
-
noun,
a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number:
- nuncles
-
noun,
uncle.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- omelets
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- sterno-
-
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- stereo-
-
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- stearo-
-
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lecture
-
noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- clamors
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- lemures
-
plural noun,
the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.
- stannum
-
noun,
tin.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- lensmen
-
noun,
a photographer.
- euclase
-
noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- sulcate
-
adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- lensman
-
noun,
a photographer.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- seleno-
-
- melano-
-
- Marlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- martele
-
adjective,
martellato.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- Melrose
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- meltons
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- merlons
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Marcuse
-
noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- leucoma
-
noun,
leukoma.
- Lucerne
-
noun,
alfalfa.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- loments
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- Soleure
-
noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- Sno-Cat
-
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- smelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macules
-
noun,
mackle.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Lecuona
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- censure
-
noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centro-
-
- centrum
-
noun,
a center.
- Camelot
-
noun,
the legendary site of King Arthur's palace and court, possibly near Exeter, England.
- Tuonela
-
noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- centums
-
noun,
one hundred.
- unmoral
-
adjective,
neither moral nor immoral; amoral; nonmoral:
- aureole
-
noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- unlearn
-
verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- camlets
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- cements
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- unlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- trunnel
-
noun,
treenail.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- cerato-
-
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- transl.
-
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- arseno-
-
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- unsteel
-
verb (used with object),
to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- annulet
-
noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Cenaeum
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- Alcmene
-
noun,
the mother of Hercules by Zeus, who had assumed the form of Amphitryon, her husband.
- Austro-
-
- unsnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Calumet
-
noun,
a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- tunnels
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- unclose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- astrol.
-
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- unclean
-
adjective,
not clean; dirty.
- amulets
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- unreels
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- cerumen
-
noun,
earwax.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- almuces
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- acumens
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- lemurs
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- astro-
-
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- astron
-
- austr-
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- nemat-
-
- sarco-
-
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- steno-
-
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- larums
-
noun,
alarum.
- necro-
-
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enter-
-
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- almuce
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- sacro-
-
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- almous
-
noun,
alms.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- 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.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- neurol
-
- Caelum
-
noun,
the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.
- neuro-
-
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- lacto-
-
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escent
-
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- masto-
-
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- selen-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- metal.
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- merous
-
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- melan-
-
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Melena
-
noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- somat-
-
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- locums
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- tunnel
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- murals
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- scler-
-
- Multan
-
noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- narco-
-
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- muscle
-
noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- leuco-
-
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- scato-
-
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- mulcts
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- Slocum
-
noun,
Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- ultra-
-
- arsen-
-
- moults
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- macro-
-
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- macule
-
noun,
mackle.
- MAeroE
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Cleome
-
noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- morula
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- turco-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- luteo-
-
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- anemo-
-
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- colent
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- column
-
noun,
Architecture.
a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- cerat-
-
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- cteno-
-
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- urano-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- aeron.
-
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- celto-
-
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- centr-
-
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- coulee
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cumene
-
noun,
a colorless and toxic liquid, C 9 H 12 , soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cleans
-
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- tauro-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tarso-
-
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- rectos
-
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- trans.
-
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- utero-
-
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- elect.
-
- 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.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- nuncle
-
noun,
uncle.
- relume
-
verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- contr.
-
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- aceto-
-
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- aceous
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- teleo-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- meta-
-
- acet-
-
- Mont.
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- 30-30
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Reaum
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ante-
-
- meso-
-
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- annot
-
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- anon.
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- USLTA
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rect.
-
- MNurs
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- sect.
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Metol
-
- metr-
-
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- noct-
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- alum.
-
- ocul-
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- Alcor
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- 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.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aero-
-
- sarc-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- uran-
-
- neut.
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neur-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- nona-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- 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.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- scat-
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- MSEnt
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- muco-
-
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- acro-
-
- mulct
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- 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.
- AMORC
-
- naut.
-
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- nears
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- oste-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nano-
-
- natl.
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- naso-
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- cont.
-
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- cent.
-
- Const
-
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- 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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- encl.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cant.
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ento-
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- auto.
-
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Aust.
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- ster.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Conn.
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- treas
-
- Euro-
-
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- 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.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Comr.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- stome
-
- lact-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- 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.
- cores
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Colum
-
noun,
Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- telo-
-
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- tele-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- 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.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- tera-
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- Tenn.
-
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- elem.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- emuls
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- caus.
-
- econ.
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tears
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Ecua.
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- term.
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 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.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Arnel
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- clase
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Armen
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- 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.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- atmo-
-
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- cero-
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- cert.
-
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- male-
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masc.
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- ulent
-
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- sero-
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mast-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matr-
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- areo-
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Srta.
-
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- coele
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- coel-
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- leuc-
-
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lect.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- asco-
-
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- locum
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- uret
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tonn
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- uro-
-
- USMA
-
- 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.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- USMC
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- USNA
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- USRC
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- USCA
-
- USTC
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- USAR
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- RNAS
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Sem.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sra.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- soln
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- SRAM
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- Sat.
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- saur
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- tron
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sec.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- scr.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- ulto
-
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tRNA
-
- ter.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- taur
-
- Tasm
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- tel-
-
- RONA
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Saml
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- str.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 1080
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Cels
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- cene
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- mal-
-
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Ceto
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- clar
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MALS
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- MNAS
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Cal.
-
- aut-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- 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.
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- men-
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- cml.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- eous
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- crat
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- ctr.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cts.
-
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- EEOC
-
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- cule
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cort
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- rel.
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Col.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Eur.
-
- eso-
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Cor.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- coml
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amt.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- AMLS
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ance
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- 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.
- not-
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nom.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Alco
-
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- aet.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- aer-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- ASTM
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- ASME
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- 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:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- asc-
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MSAE
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- mout
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- ates
-
- ator
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- MSEE
-
- atm.
-
- msec
-
- muc-
-
- mult
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mun.
-
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- MSCE
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- mus.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- neem
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Arm.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- USO
-
- EOM
-
- CRS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- eo-
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- UTC
-
- ACS
-
- ean
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ure
-
- CRT
-
- tue
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- Am.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ac-
-
- cs.
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- cte
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- TSE
-
- 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.
- USN
-
- AUC
-
- USM
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Tu.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- USR
-
- ca.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- an.
-
- cl.
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- cr.
-
- al.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tro
-
- Ar.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ct.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Co.
-
- TMO
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CLR
-
- ult
-
- CLU
-
- CMA
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UMT
-
- ARS
-
- CNM
-
- tr.
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ANC
-
- 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.
- unc
-
- Clo
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- CNN
-
- UCR
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- CEO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AOU
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- cle
-
- aor
-
- CEA
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ARU
-
- AMU
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tlo
-
- ALM
-
- ASU
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tlr
-
- ALC
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- at.
-
- TLC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ur-
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ATC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- uns
-
- ast
-
- ase
-
- AME
-
- AMS
-
- tra
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- Une
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AMC
-
- ASR
-
- ALU
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- UNO
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- NMR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- sc.
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SAR
-
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NMU
-
- NCO
-
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- NUL
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOR
-
- se-
-
- 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.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- SCM
-
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RCS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- OAS
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- OTC
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ons
-
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ola
-
- Om.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- 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.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ETO
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- 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:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ETR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETS
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- eu-
-
- La.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAL
-
- LCT
-
- EEO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EEC
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- LCM
-
- 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.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- LMT
-
- SLR
-
- LSC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SMA
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- 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.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ltr
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Mao
-
- Mo.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- MCR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Sta
-
- SNU
-
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- St.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- Sr.
-
- Les
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- RO
-
- CU
-
- SN
-
- UC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- MN
-
- AO
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- CM
-
- CE
-
- TC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NL
-
- TN
-
- LM
-
- L.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- L1
-
- L2
-
- S.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- NM
-
- UL
-
- U.
-
- le
-
- O.
-
- TM
-
- M.
-
- N.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LR
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ol
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RU
-
- NC
-
- OA
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ln
-
- SU
-
- LC
-