Anagrams of nudibranchiate
Word nudibranchiate has
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- dibranchiate
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the Dibranchiata, a subclass or order of cephalopods with two gills, including the decapods and octopods.
- Hardicanute
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noun,
Hardecanute.
- incardinate
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verb (used with object),
to institute as a cardinal.
- hit-and-run
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adjective,
guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible:
- hirudinean
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noun,
any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- antheridia
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noun,
a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- beautician
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noun,
a person trained to style and dress the hair; hairdresser.
Compare esthetician (def 2).
- branchiate
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adjective,
having gills.
- nudibranch
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noun,
a shell-less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides.
- Trachiniae
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noun,
a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- danburite
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noun,
a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- abundance
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noun,
an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply:
- bicaudate
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adjective,
having two tails or taillike appendages.
- inebriant
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noun,
an intoxicant.
- Britannia
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noun,
the ancient Roman name of the island of Great Britain, especially the S part where the early Roman provinces were.
- Britannic
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noun,
Brythonic.
- uncharted
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adjective,
not shown or located on a map; unexplored; unknown, as a place or region:
- Ruthenian
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noun,
one of the Ruthenian people.
- Unitarian
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noun,
a person who maintains that God is one being, rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity.
- cnidarian
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noun,
any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a coelenterate.
- Hibernian
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noun,
a native of Ireland.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- hindbrain
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noun,
the most posterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; rhombencephalon.
- dibucaine
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noun,
a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- hindrance
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noun,
an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- Hirudinea
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noun,
the class comprising the leeches.
- runcinate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- incarnate
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- uraninite
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noun,
a mineral, probably originally uranium dioxide, UO 2 , but altered by radioactive decay, and usually containing uranium trioxide, lead, radium, and helium, occurring in several varieties, including pitchblende: the most important ore of uranium.
- trainband
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noun,
a company of trained militia organized in London and elsewhere in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
- inhabited
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adjective,
having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on:
- brachiate
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adjective,
Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- inhabiter
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noun,
inhabitant.
- Aubrietia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Aubrietia, of the mustard family, forming dense mats and having numerous small, purplish flowers.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- Carinthia
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noun,
a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- Banthine
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- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- Atabrine
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- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Thracian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Thrace.
- Turanian
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noun,
a member of any of the peoples speaking a Turanian, especially a Ural-Altaic, language.
- caudaite
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noun,
a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- Athenian
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noun,
a native or citizen of Athens, Greece.
- unabated
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adjective,
with undiminished force, power, or vigor.
- centibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- Dietrich
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noun,
Marlene [mahr-ley-nuh] /mɑrˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), 1904–92, U.S. actress and singer, born in Germany.
- Danubian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a Neolithic culture of the Danube basin.
- Deianira
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noun,
a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- indirect
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adjective,
not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout:
- Adriatic
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noun,
Adriatic Sea.
- Ruthenia
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noun,
a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- Barthian
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noun,
a supporter or adherent of Karl Barth or his theology.
- hauriant
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adjective,
(of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward:
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- ruthenic
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adjective,
containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- Rhaetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- cathedra
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noun,
the seat or throne of a bishop in the principal church of a diocese.
- diatribe
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noun,
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:
- radicant
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adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- bacteri-
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- tracheid
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noun,
an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support.
Compare vessel (def 5).
- handcart
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noun,
a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- Auerbach
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noun,
Arnold ("Red") 1917–2006, U.S. basketball coach and manager.
- intrench
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verb (used with or without object),
entrench.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- arachnid
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noun,
any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae.
Compare insect.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- Tridacna
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noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- diabetic
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noun,
a person who has diabetes.
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- uncinate
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adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- hieratic
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noun,
ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- bacteria
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plural noun,
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
- bacterin
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noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- inundate
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- inurbane
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adjective,
not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- Hibernia
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noun,
Ireland.
- radiance
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- hacienda
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noun,
a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- Tiberian
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adjective,
of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- Trichina
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noun,
a nematode, Trichinella spiralis, the adults of which live in the intestine and produce larvae that encyst in the muscle tissue, especially in pigs, rats, and humans.
- atrichia
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noun,
congenital absence or loss of hair.
- chanteur
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noun,
a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- habitude
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noun,
customary condition or character:
- indicant
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noun,
something that indicates; indicator.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- incident
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noun,
an individual occurrence or event.
- incubate
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verb (used with object),
to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- unirenic
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- braunite
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- diuretic
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noun,
a diuretic medicine or agent.
- Bechuana
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noun,
Tswana (def 1).
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- cinnabar
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noun,
a mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS, occurring in red crystals or masses: the principal ore of mercury.
- breadnut
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noun,
the round, yellow or brown fruit of the ramon, Brosimum alicastrum, of the mulberry family, used, roasted or boiled, as a substitute for bread in the West Indies.
- bucrania
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noun,
(in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- Buchanan
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noun,
James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- Curitiba
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraná, in SE Brazil.
- teach-in
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- raticide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- Rathenau
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noun,
Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1922, German industrialist, writer, and statesman.
- abdicant
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noun,
a person who abdicates; abdicator.
- abdicate
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verb (used with object),
to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:
- abducent
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adjective,
drawing away, as by the action of a muscle; abducting.
- echiurid
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noun,
any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- Cnidaria
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noun,
an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- abundant
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adjective,
present in great quantity; more than adequate; oversufficient:
- Bernicia
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noun,
a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- underact
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- unthread
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verb (used with object),
to draw out or take out the thread from:
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- uredinia
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noun,
Mycology. the fruiting body of the rust fungi that bears urediospores.
- urbanite
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- endbrain
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noun,
the telencephalon.
- branchia
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noun,
a gill.
- Bauhinia
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noun,
any of numerous trees, shrubs, or vines of the genus Bauhinia, native to warm regions, having two-lobed leaves and showy, usually white, purple, or reddish flowers, widely planted in southern Florida.
- Iturbide
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noun,
Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- actinide
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- actinian
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- rainband
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noun,
a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere.
- acridine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- abidance
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noun,
the act or state of abiding.
- endurant
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adjective,
capable of enduring hardship, misfortune, or the like.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- haunted
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noun,
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
- autarch
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noun,
an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.
- Echidna
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noun,
Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- brained
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tranche
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noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- dunnite
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noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- Haitian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Haiti.
- Dunarea
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noun,
Romanian name of the Dvina.
- natured
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adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- Britain
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noun,
Great Britain.
- cantina
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- haircut
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noun,
an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- Hainaut
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noun,
a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.
- Bacardi
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noun,
a cocktail made with Bacardi rum, grenadine, and lime juice.
- brachia
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noun,
Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- handcar
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noun,
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- triacid
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adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- biennia
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noun,
a period of two years.
- birchen
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adjective,
of or relating to birch.
- hatband
-
noun,
a band or ribbon placed about the crown of a hat, just above the brim.
- breadth
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noun,
the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
- traduce
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verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- branchi
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- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- carbine
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- Durante
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noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- trachea
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
- carbide
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noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- Durance
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noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- decibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Athenai
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noun,
Greek name of Athens.
- Trianda
-
noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- Tardieu
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noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- nanduti
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noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- Butcher
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noun,
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- bearcat
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- Iranian
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- cabinet
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noun,
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items:
- Cabinda
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noun,
an exclave of Angola, on the W coast of Africa. 2807 sq. mi. (7270 sq. km).
- barchan
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noun,
a crescent-shaped sand dune with the convex side in the direction of the wind.
- endarch
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adjective,
(of a primary xylem or root) developing from the periphery; having the oldest cells closest to the core.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- Ninurta
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noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Cabeiri
-
noun,
Cabiri.
- thinner
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noun,
a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
- Decatur
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noun,
Stephen, 1779–1820, U.S. naval officer.
- cabaret
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- Dinaric
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adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- Itabuna
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noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- dineric
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adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- Thebaid
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noun,
the ancient region surrounding Thebes, in Egypt.
- ditcher
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noun,
a person who digs ditches.
- bartend
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verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- nitchie
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- tabanid
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noun,
any of numerous bloodsucking flies of the family Tabanidae, comprising the deer flies and horse flies.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- burthen
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noun, verb (used with object),
burden1 .
- Cabrini
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noun,
Saint Frances Xavier ("Mother Cabrini") 1850–1917, U.S. nun, born in Italy; founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- enchant
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to magical influence; bewitch:
- brucine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, C 23 H 26 N 2 O 4 , obtained from the nux vomica tree Strychnos nux-vomica, and from other species of the same genus, resembling but not as powerful as strychnine in its pharmacological action: used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol.
- Berchta
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noun,
Perchta.
- brucite
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- candier
-
- Bactria
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- Hadrian
-
noun,
(Publius Aelius Hadrianus) a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor 117–138.
- Bernini
-
noun,
Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), or Gian [jahn] /dʒɑn/ (Show IPA), Lorenzo [luh-ren-zoh;; Italian law-ren-dzaw] /ləˈrɛn zoʊ;; Italian lɔˈrɛn dzɔ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1680, Italian sculptor, architect, and painter.
- candent
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adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- Bernina
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noun,
a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- habutai
-
noun,
a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- bahadur
-
noun,
a title of respect commonly affixed to the names of European officers in Indian documents or used in ceremonious mention by Indians:
- habitue
-
noun,
a frequent or habitual visitor to a place:
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- Bahrain
-
noun,
a sheikdom in the Persian Gulf, consisting of a group of islands: formerly a British protectorate; declared independent 1971. 232 sq. mi. (601 sq. km). Capital: Manama.
- enchain
-
verb (used with object),
to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain:
- habited
-
noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- habitan
-
noun,
habitant2 .
- thunder
-
noun,
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
- benthic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a benthos.
- bainite
-
noun,
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
- Niebuhr
-
noun,
Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Benicia
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- iracund
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adjective,
prone to anger; irascible.
- dibrach
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noun,
pyrrhic1 (def 3).
- bandeau
-
noun,
a headband, especially one worn about the forehead.
- bandura
-
noun,
a Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute family.
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- Indiana
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noun,
Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- Chanute
-
noun,
a town in SE Kansas.
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- airhead
-
noun,
an area in enemy territory or in threatened friendly territory, seized by airborne troops for bringing in supplies and additional troops by airdrop or landing.
- unteach
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verb (used with object),
to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.
- Chardin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
- abreact
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- radiate
-
adjective,
radiating from a center.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- charade
-
noun,
charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- andante
-
noun,
an andante movement or piece.
- turbine
-
noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- chanter
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- inducer
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- radiant
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- unheard
-
adjective,
not heard; not perceived by the ear.
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- aneuria
-
noun,
neurasthenia.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- Uranian
-
adjective,
pertaining to the planet Uranus.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- antacid
-
noun,
an antacid agent.
- Chateau
-
noun,
(in France) a castle or fortress.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- cibaria
-
noun,
Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- chunter
-
verb (used without object),
to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- chunder
-
noun,
vomit.
- indican
-
noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- unearth
-
verb (used with object),
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- Rhaetia
-
noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
- adhibit
-
verb (used with object),
to take or let in; admit.
- unchain
-
verb (used with object),
to free from or as if from chains; set free.
- cithara
-
noun,
kithara.
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- Dantean
-
noun,
a person who is an expert on the writings of Dante.
- unbraid
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- hit-run
-
adjective,
hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- aecidia
-
noun,
an aecium in which the spores are always formed in chains and enclosed in a cup-shaped peridium.
- catbird
-
noun,
any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- unbrace
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- Chianti
-
noun,
a dry, red, Italian table wine, originally put up in straw-covered bottles.
- unbated
-
adjective,
not abated; undiminished; unlessened.
- Hirudin
-
noun,
a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of leeches, used in medicine chiefly as an anticoagulant.
- hircine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a goat.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- hetaira
-
noun,
hetaera.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- redbait
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- inherit
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir:
- Hebraic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, their language, or their culture.
- arcuate
-
adjective,
bent or curved like a bow.
- 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.
- archit.
-
- Arachne
-
noun,
a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Iberian
-
noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- debauch
-
noun,
a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.
- cudbear
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from various lichens, especially Lecanora tartarea.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- archine
-
noun,
arshin.
- uridine
-
noun,
a ribonucleoside composed of ribose and uracil.
- caudate
-
adjective,
having a tail or taillike appendage.
- Archean
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to rocks of the Archeozoic portion of the Precambrian Era.
- inhabit
-
verb (used with object),
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals:
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- centri-
-
- tribune
-
noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- Cernuda
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- ichnite
-
noun,
a fossil footprint.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- cue-bid
-
noun,
a bid in a suit showing control of the suit, as having an assured winner or a void.
- red-hat
-
noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- cathead
-
noun,
a projecting timber or metal beam to which an anchor is hoisted and secured.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- Dracut
-
noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- Bunche
-
noun,
Ralph (Johnson) 1904–71, U.S. diplomat: at the United Nations 1946–71; Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
- branch
-
noun,
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Buchan
-
noun,
John (Baron Tweedsmuir) 1875–1940, Scottish novelist and historian: governor general of Canada 1935–40.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Dachau
-
noun,
a city in SE Germany, near Munich: site of Nazi concentration camp.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- tahini
-
noun,
a paste made of ground sesame seeds.
- Niihau
-
noun,
an island in NW Hawaii, W of Kauai. 72 sq. mi. (186 sq. km).
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- nidana
-
noun,
any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- drench
-
noun,
the act of drenching.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- Tanach
-
noun,
the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising the Law or Torah, the Prophets or Neviim, and the Hagiographa or Ketuvim, taken as a whole.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- breath
-
noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- breach
-
noun,
the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Bridie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- Brecht
-
noun,
Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Duncan
-
noun,
Isadora, 1878–1927, U.S. dancer: pioneer in modern dance.
- randan
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- driech
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- brunch
-
noun,
a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- recti-
-
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- cabane
-
noun,
a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- cerat-
-
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Deanna
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Diana.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Cantab
-
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- dharna
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- detach
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
- cardi-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Cathar
-
noun,
(in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- denti-
-
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Nubian
-
noun,
a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- radeau
-
noun,
an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- cherub
-
noun,
a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Danube
-
noun,
a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Chinan
-
noun,
Jinan.
- chitin
-
noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- tabard
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- Cabiri
-
noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- chaeta
-
noun,
a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- Datura
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, including some species grown as ornamentals and usually having funnel-shaped flowers and prickly pods: the leaves and seeds are the source of hallucinogenic alkaloids.
- datcha
-
noun,
dacha.
- Canad.
-
- Chenab
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing SW from N India to the Sutlej River in E Pakistan. About 605 miles (1085 km) long.
- Ruanda
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Charta
-
noun,
a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- chaunt
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
chant.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- Brahui
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic people of Baluchistan.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- anuran
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- trich-
-
- archt.
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archi-
-
- arched
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- Hecuba
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- henbit
-
noun,
a common weed, Lamium amplexicaule, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Anthea
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- herdic
-
noun,
a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- aneuch
-
adjective, noun, adverb, interjection,
enough.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Andean
-
adjective,
of or like the Andes.
- intra-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Habiru
-
noun,
a nomadic people mentioned in Assyro-Babylonian literature: possibly the early Hebrews.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- Hainan
-
noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. an island in the South China Sea, separated from the mainland by the Hainan Strait: a part of Guangdong province. 13,200 sq. mi. (34,200 sq. km).
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- haired
-
adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Harbin
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- Harden
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- aubade
-
noun,
a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Hardin
-
noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- Athena
-
noun,
Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.
Compare Minerva.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- Artaud
-
noun,
Antonin [ahn-taw-nan] /ɑ̃ tɔˈnɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1948, French actor, poet, and drama critic.
- induct
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- indaba
-
noun,
a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- abrade
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- abduct
-
verb (used with object),
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
- Hunter
-
noun,
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- abduce
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or take away; abduct.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- Urbana
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois, adjoining Champaign.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- Aachen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: coronation city of German kings 936–1531.
- urchin
-
noun,
a mischievous boy.
- Ibadan
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- induc.
-
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- anarch
-
noun,
anarchist.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- hinder
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- unbend
-
verb (used with object),
to straighten from a bent form or position.
- unbent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- unbind
-
verb (used with object),
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- adren-
-
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Hubert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “mind” and “bright.”.
- under-
-
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- acuate
-
adjective,
sharpened; pointed.
- actin-
-
- unhair
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the hair from, as a hide in preparation for tanning.
- unhand
-
verb (used with object),
to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go:
- indic.
-
- Huerta
-
noun,
Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- inter.
-
- thread
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Berith
-
noun,
Brith.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- behind
-
noun,
Informal. the buttocks.
- Beduin
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- becard
-
noun,
any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Bertha
-
noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Iturbi
-
noun,
José, 1895–1980, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Spain.
- bather
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- Ithunn
-
noun,
Idun.
- bateau
-
noun,
Also, batteau. Nautical.
Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers.
a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack.
(in some regions) a scow.
- Cuiaba
-
noun,
a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Ithaca
-
noun,
one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
Greek Itháki.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- nautch
-
noun,
(in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Nathan
-
noun,
a prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon. II Sam. 12; I Kings 1:34.
- Bhutan
-
noun,
a kingdom in the Himalayas, NE of India: foreign affairs under Indian jurisdiction. About 19,300 sq. mi. (50,000 sq. km). Capital: Thimphu.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Bihari
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bihar.
- Eartha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nanhai
-
noun,
former name of Foshan.
- bichir
-
noun,
any of several primitive freshwater African fishes of the genus Polypterus having functional lungs as well as gills.
- Bichat
-
noun,
Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- echard
-
noun,
the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- Bianca
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- Baruch
-
noun,
the amanuensis and friend of Jeremiah and nominal author of the book of Baruch in the Apocrypha. Jer. 32:12.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- barit.
-
- banian
-
noun,
banyan.
- Banner
-
noun,
the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- BArchE
-
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- neut.
-
- Dahna
-
noun,
an area in the NE Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of E central Saudi Arabia.
- nucha
-
noun,
nape.
- Hunan
-
noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in S China. 81,274 sq. mi. (210,500 sq. km). Capital: Changsha.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- neur-
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Neth.
-
- Dache
-
noun,
Lilly, 1914?–1989, U.S. hat designer, born in France.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Haida
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- dacha
-
noun,
a Russian country house or villa.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Nahua
-
noun,
Nahuatl.
- incr.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ecua.
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- edit.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- Dutch
-
noun,
the people of the Netherlands and their immediate descendants elsewhere, collectively.
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- ibid.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Iran.
-
- Nebr.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Ibada
-
noun,
any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- dict.
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Hadar
-
noun,
a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.
- habit
-
noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- dich-
-
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- naut.
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- nuci-
-
- ician
-
- Death
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- nudi-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- intr.
-
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- Heidi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ditch
-
noun,
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- hect-
-
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- henna
-
noun,
an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- haunt
-
noun,
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
- deci-
-
- haute
-
adverb,
aloud; loudly.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- nitr-
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- init.
-
- deca-
-
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- Hanna
-
noun,
Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- Rahab
-
noun,
a harlot of Jericho who gave shelter to the two agents sent by Joshua to spy on the city. Josh. 2.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- irid-
-
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- hier-
-
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- educ.
-
- Hind.
-
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Hindi
-
noun,
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- dent.
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Nadab
-
noun,
a son of Aaron. Lev. 10.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ninib
-
noun,
Ninurta.
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- ninth
-
noun,
a ninth part, especially of one (1/9).
- Deut.
-
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- Hanau
-
noun,
a city in Hesse, central Germany.
- Radha
-
noun,
the milkmaid who became the consort of Krishna.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Hindu
-
noun,
a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Tchad
-
noun,
Chad.
- tech.
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Bihar
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). Capital: Patna.
- tubi-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Birch
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
Compare birch family.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- birth
-
noun,
an act or instance of being born:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- berth
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- tera-
-
- anth-
-
- ante-
-
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brit.
-
- Brith
-
noun,
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- Bruch
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1838–1920, German composer and conductor.
- Bruhn
-
noun,
Erik (Belton Evers) 1928–86, Danish ballet dancer.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ahura
-
noun,
generic title for benevolent deities in Zoroastrianism or evil deities in Hinduism.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- bitch
-
noun,
a female dog:
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- anat.
-
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Arab.
-
- Ahira
-
noun,
a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
- Bahia
-
noun,
a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- bact.
-
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- Baeda
-
noun,
Saint, Bede, Saint.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arith
-
- bahut
-
noun,
a medieval French chest for household goods, originally small and portable.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- baith
-
adjective, pronoun,
both.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Bacau
-
noun,
a city in E Romania.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- athar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- auth.
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aruba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the West Indies, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 69 sq. mi. (179 sq. km).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- BArch
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Banda
-
noun,
a style of Mexican dance music featuring brass instruments and having a heavy beat.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Bennu
-
noun,
Benu.
- Archd
-
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- arche
-
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Arch.
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- bench
-
noun,
a long seat for several persons:
- thana
-
noun,
a police station in India.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Benin
-
noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- Beach
-
noun,
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Arhat
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Bart.
-
- Barth
-
noun,
John (Simmons) [sim-uh nz] /ˈsɪm ənz/ (Show IPA), born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- batch
-
noun,
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
- bathe
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- rhin-
-
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- char-
-
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rhet.
-
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- Chiba
-
noun,
a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, near Tokyo.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Chin.
-
- cent.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Abihu
-
noun,
a son of Aaron who, with Nadab, was destroyed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord. Lev. 10:1–5.
- ahead
-
Idioms,
ahead of,
in front of; before:
superior to; beyond:
in advance of; at an earlier time than:
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- uran-
-
- cert.
-
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- chide
-
verb (used with object),
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Cath.
-
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- Recit
-
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- 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.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- chiru
-
noun,
a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- retd.
-
- churn
-
noun,
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- Chute
-
noun,
an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- 30-30
-
- reni-
-
- cine-
-
- Uriah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Urias [yoo-rahy-uh s] /yʊˈraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). Also called Uriah the Hittite. the husband of Bathsheba, and an officer in David's army. II Sam. 11.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- utend
-
- cauda
-
noun,
a tail or taillike appendage.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- UNHCR
-
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Butch
-
noun,
butch haircut.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Unit.
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Achan
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
- Cahan
-
noun,
Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- ruche
-
noun,
a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Bunch
-
noun,
a connected group; cluster:
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- aden-
-
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Adnah
-
noun,
a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army. I Chron. 12:20.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- Cant.
-
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Card.
-
- acet-
-
- carb-
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Achab
-
noun,
Ahab (def 1).
- Abuna
-
noun,
the title of the chief bishop of the Ethiopian Church.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- cata-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Achad
-
noun,
Akkad.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- trid
-
- tRNA
-
- Inc.
-
- Uhde
-
noun,
Fritz Karl Hermann von [frits kahrl her-mahn fuh n] /frɪts kɑrl ˈhɛr mɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1848–1911, German painter.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- 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.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- int.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- INRI
-
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- uret
-
- uni-
-
- uria
-
- TRIB
-
- IndE
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- inae
-
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Utah
-
noun,
a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City.
Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- rit.
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- NTIA
-
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- NRAB
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- thi-
-
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- NIRA
-
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- RdAc
-
- rcd.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- RIIA
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RIBA
-
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- NADH
-
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- NACA
-
- the-
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Ire.
-
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- thud
-
noun,
a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- Thur
-
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Nah.
-
- 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.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- tanh
-
- Neh.
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- NEbn
-
- NDAC
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- taur
-
- tchr
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- ter.
-
- Thun
-
noun,
a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
- 1080
-
- idae
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- baht
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- BAEd
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- BChE
-
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- 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.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- cur.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
-
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drch
-
- art.
-
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- DChE
-
- der.
-
- BACH
-
noun,
a bachelor.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deb.
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Dec.
-
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- aud.
-
- aut-
-
- dia-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- ctr.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bin-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Can.
-
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- but-
-
- cat.
-
- buhr
-
noun,
burr1 (def 1).
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- BTCh
-
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Buna
-
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- cit.
-
- Chur
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- cide
-
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Chr.
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- crat
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- chub
-
noun,
a common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Cdr.
-
- Beth
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- bhut
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a spirit or demon.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- bet.
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Adah
-
noun,
one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Eth.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ACTH
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- HUAC
-
noun,
House Un-American Activities Committee.
- hund
-
- huia
-
noun,
an apparently extinct, crowlike bird, Heteralocha acutirostris, of New Zealand, noted for the completely different bill shapes of the male and female.
- hued
-
adjective,
having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination):
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Heb.
-
- EDTA
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Ahab
-
noun,
a king of Israel and husband of Jezebel, reigned 874?–853? b.c. I Kings 16–22.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- ACDA
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- acad
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Hebr
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- abr.
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- Eur.
-
- 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.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Hab.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Haba
-
noun,
Alois [ah-lois] /ˈɑ lɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, Czech composer.
- her.
-
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- acea
-
- ect-
-
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- IADB
-
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ant.
-
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Ice.
-
- ANTU
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Ind.
-
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Hurd
-
plural noun,
hards.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Hunt
-
noun,
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- AInd
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- Tbi
-
- TCA
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ab-
-
- Aar
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- AAE
-
- BHA
-
- BRE
-
- abn
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- BIE
-
- AUC
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- ac-
-
- AAU
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ure
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ar.
-
- abd
-
- bi-
-
- AIA
-
- Bn.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- 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.
- BHT
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- TBA
-
- bhd
-
- ADC
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- BHC
-
- ad-
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- TBD
-
- ur-
-
- an.
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- Bde
-
- abt
-
- BCh
-
plural,
bunch.
- tr.
-
- TNB
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- BCE
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- ANC
-
- be-
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- Bac
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TID
-
- ATA
-
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- 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.
- ARU
-
- at.
-
- TRH
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tue
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- th-
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Une
-
- BCD
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- BDA
-
- ard
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- THC
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- bec
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ThD
-
- ThB
-
- ADB
-
- ae.
-
- UAR
-
- UIT
-
- UAE
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UCR
-
- UDC
-
- AIC
-
- ahu
-
noun,
a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- unc
-
- TIA
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- AUA
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- BRT
-
- ea.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- NBA
-
- ETD
-
- EAA
-
- DUI
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- 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:
- EDC
-
- DNA
-
- di.
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NRC
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DNB
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Dr.
-
- NIH
-
- DRE
-
- DTh
-
- Du.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- NIA
-
- NHI
-
- NHA
-
- EdB
-
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- dh-
-
- id.
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HRE
-
- ht.
-
- hub
-
noun,
the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- HUD
-
noun,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ine
-
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITC
-
- EDT
-
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- NAD
-
- en-
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- IUD
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- INH
-
- ETR
-
- IRC
-
- eu-
-
- hr.
-
- Ir.
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- hd.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- dha
-
- DNR
-
- DET
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- CED
-
- ChB
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- rhb
-
- RNA
-
- Chu
-
noun,
a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- CIA
-
- 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.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- CNN
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- rnd
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- BTh
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- bu.
-
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- ca.
-
- CBD
-
- CBE
-
- rt.
-
- ch.
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- CAA
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- CAI
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CIB
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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.
- DBE
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- RBC
-
- DBA
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- DAR
-
- NNE
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- BC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- DN
-
- CE
-
- RI
-
- RH
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CB
-
- RC
-
- B-
-
- i.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- CU
-
- 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.
- ic
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TD
-
- RN
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- T1
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- 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.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
-
- TC
-
- UI
-
- TN
-
- D.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NC
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BH
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- U.
-
- RU
-
- UC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UB
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- DB
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HB
-
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- Ud
-
- Eb
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- NH
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .