Anagrams of Occidentalism
Word Occidentalism has
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- maledictions
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noun,
a curse; imprecation.
- slide-action
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adjective,
(of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- medications
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noun,
the use or application of medicine.
- cosmetician
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noun,
a person who manufactures or sells cosmetics.
- malediction
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noun,
a curse; imprecation.
- conciliates
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verb (used with object),
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over:
- occidentals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the Occident.
- dominicale
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noun,
a veil formerly worn by women during divine service.
- Diocletian
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noun,
(Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- cacomistle
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noun,
Also, cacomixle [kak-uh-mis-uh l, -mik-suh l] /ˈkæk əˌmɪs əl, -ˌmɪk səl/ (Show IPA). Also called bassarisk, ringtail, coon cat. a carnivorous animal, Bassariscus astutus, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., related to the raccoon but smaller, with a sharper snout and longer tail.
- dialectics
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noun,
the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or opinion.
- conciliate
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verb (used with object),
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over:
- calcimines
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noun,
a white or tinted wash for walls, ceilings, etc.
- modalities
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noun,
the quality or state of being modal.
- mediations
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- medication
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noun,
the use or application of medicine.
- ice-island
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noun,
a tabular iceberg in the arctic region.
- Occidental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the Occident.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- cinematics
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noun,
the art of making motion pictures; cinematography.
- midsection
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noun,
the middle section or part of anything.
- cocainism
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noun,
an abnormal condition due to excessive or habitual use of cocaine.
- cladistic
-
- lidocaine
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noun,
a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- dismantle
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.:
- dislocate
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noun,
Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- disentail
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verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- dilations
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- diastolic
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adjective,
pertaining to or produced by diastole.
- niccolite
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noun,
nickeline.
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- dialectic
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noun,
the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or opinion.
- maledicts
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adjective,
accursed.
- desiccant
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noun,
a desiccant substance or agent.
- demoniacs
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- calcimine
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noun,
a white or tinted wash for walls, ceilings, etc.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- Alcimedon
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noun,
an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
- adminicle
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noun,
an aid; auxiliary.
- Miltiades
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noun,
c540–488? b.c, Athenian general.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- occidents
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noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- indicates
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- idiolects
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- identical
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adjective,
similar or alike in every way:
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- Icelandic
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noun,
the language of Iceland, a North Germanic language. Abbreviation: Icel.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- domiciles
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noun,
a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- anecdotic
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adjective,
anecdotal.
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- enclitics
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noun,
an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”.
- alimonies
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- sciaenoid
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noun,
a sciaenoid fish.
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- dominical
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adjective,
of or relating to Jesus Christ as Lord.
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- Celticism
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noun,
a Celtic custom or usage.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- mediation
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- soda-lime
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noun,
a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- mislocate
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verb (used with object),
to misplace.
- melanotic
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adjective,
of or affected with melanosis.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- Canticles
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- socialite
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noun,
a socially prominent person.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- actinides
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- dacoities
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- Daltonism
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noun,
color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- medicinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial:
- accidents
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noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- coincides
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position:
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Elamitic
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noun,
Elamite (def 2).
- indocile
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adjective,
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- comedian
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noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- scilicet
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adverb,
to wit; namely.
- scincoid
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noun,
a scincoid lizard.
- amidines
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- coincide
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position:
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Scotland
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noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- Domitian
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noun,
(Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- Dominica
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noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- conceals
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- salmonid
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noun,
a salmonid fish.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- old-time
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adjective,
belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.:
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- colicins
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noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- idealism
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noun,
the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- idiolect
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- ice-cold
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adjective,
cold as ice:
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Comaneci
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noun,
Nadia [nah-dee-uh,, nahd-yuh] /ˈnɑ di ə,, ˈnɑd yə/ (Show IPA), born 1961, Romanian gymnast.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- enclitic
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noun,
an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”.
- domicile
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noun,
a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- cocaines
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- Clematis
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noun,
any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- Damocles
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noun,
a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- demoniac
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- calcines
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- cnidocil
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noun,
a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
- delimits
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verb (used with object),
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate:
- calicoed
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adjective,
dressed in calico.
- calicoes
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- climatic
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adjective,
of or relating to climate.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- declaims
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verb (used with object),
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
- decision
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noun,
the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
- decimals
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noun,
decimal fraction.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- cleidoic
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adjective,
isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- diamines
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- disclaim
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verb (used with object),
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown:
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- Docetism
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noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- camisole
-
noun,
a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- semolina
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noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- canticle
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- cosmetic
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noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- dilation
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- dictions
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- codicils
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noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- diatomic
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adjective,
having two atoms in the molecule.
- 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.
- diatonic
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adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- laconism
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noun,
laconic brevity.
- Islamite
-
noun,
a Muslim.
- melanoid
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adjective,
of or characterized by melanosis.
- actinism
-
noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- actinide
-
noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- tolidine
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- actinoid
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adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- melodias
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noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- melodics
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noun,
the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodist
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noun,
a composer or a singer of melodies.
- accosted
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adjective,
(of animals) represented as side by side:
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- medicals
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noun,
something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
- accident
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noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- maledict
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adjective,
accursed.
- toenails
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- monacids
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- modelist
-
noun,
a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- Masonite
-
- moccasin
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noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- limonite
-
noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- limnetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- medalist
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noun,
a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- limiteds
-
noun,
a limited train, bus, etc.
- adenitis
-
noun,
lymphadenitis.
- limacons
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- limacine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- laminose
-
adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- alienist
-
noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- Miltonia
-
noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- lactones
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Occident
-
noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- midlines
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noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- isolated
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- miladies
-
noun,
an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
- mind-set
-
noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- Miltonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- meticals
-
noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- isocline
-
noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- Milesian
-
noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- Milicent
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Milstein
-
noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- decocts
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- stamin-
-
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- declaim
-
verb (used with object),
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
- citadel
-
noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- medials
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Decalin
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- decimal
-
noun,
decimal fraction.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- medical
-
noun,
something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
- decanol
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- clastic
-
adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- codicil
-
noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- ciliate
-
noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- demonic
-
adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- malonic
-
adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- malteds
-
noun,
malted milk.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- deictic
-
noun,
Grammar. a deictic element.
- cilices
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- deltaic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- delimit
-
verb (used with object),
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate:
- delicts
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Delicia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Mineola
-
noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- medico-
-
- climant
-
adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- melodic
-
adjective,
melodious.
- comedic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- meloids
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- mislead
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- meltons
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- colitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- comices
-
- misdial
-
noun,
an act or instance of misdialing.
- misdeal
-
noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- colicin
-
noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- Coleman
-
noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- codices
-
noun,
plural of codex.
- coeliac
-
adjective,
celiac.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- codline
-
noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- comical
-
adjective,
producing laughter; amusing; funny:
- midline
-
noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- Sno-Cat
-
- metical
-
noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- nemato-
-
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- climate
-
noun,
the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- mildens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- melanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- melano-
-
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Melinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- melodia
-
noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- conceal
-
verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- solicit
-
verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- malices
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- nomadic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- icicles
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- laicism
-
noun,
the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- isation
-
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- Laconic
-
adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- Olmsted
-
noun,
Frederick Law, 1822–1903, U.S. landscape architect.
- idolism
-
noun,
idolatry.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- limited
-
noun,
a limited train, bus, etc.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- dislimn
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to become dim or indistinct.
- lindies
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- loments
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Mondale
-
noun,
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") born 1928, U.S. politician: senator 1965–77; vice president 1977–81.
- diction
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- MacLeod
-
noun,
Fiona, Sharp, William.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- diamine
-
noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- dialect
-
noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- seminal
-
adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- limacon
-
noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Dominic
-
noun,
Saint, 1170–1221, Spanish priest: founder of the Dominican order.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- scandic
-
adjective,
of or relating to scandium:
- sciatic
-
noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- dominie
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- domical
-
adjective,
domelike.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Domenic
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dolmens
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- dolmans
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- doilies
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Seconal
-
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- cimelia
-
plural noun,
treasures, especially church treasures, as art objects or jeweled vestments.
- calicos
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- calices
-
noun,
plural of calix.
- Camelid
-
noun,
any two-toed ruminant of the family Camelidae, including the camels, llamas, and vicunas.
- Camelot
-
noun,
the legendary site of King Arthur's palace and court, possibly near Exeter, England.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camlets
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- cancels
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- Candice
-
noun,
a female given name.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- calcite
-
noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- actino-
-
- actinic
-
adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Cecilia
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 230? Roman martyr: patron saint of music.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- calcine
-
noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Telamon
-
noun,
atlas (def 5).
- amidols
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- amidins
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- amidine
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Caedmon
-
noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- accidie
-
noun,
acedia.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- cilice
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- seldom
-
adverb,
on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often:
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- nemat-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cleans
-
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- disco-
-
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- dolmas
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- dolman
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- milit.
-
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- scato-
-
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- dolmen
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- teiids
-
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.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- denom.
-
- calced
-
adjective,
(chiefly of members of certain religious orders) wearing shoes; shod.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- calci-
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Maced.
-
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- C-in-C
-
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- centi-
-
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- amnios
-
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Iletin
-
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- icicle
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- amido-
-
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- indecl
-
- indic.
-
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- amino-
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- lameds
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- occas.
-
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- anemo-
-
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- aniso-
-
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- lacto-
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Amidol
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- cteno-
-
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- masto-
-
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- aceto-
-
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- McLeod
-
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- clado-
-
- colent
-
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- melan-
-
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Comdt.
-
- Medici
-
noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- actin-
-
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- acidic
-
adjective,
acid (def 5).
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- contd.
-
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- meccas
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- meloid
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- adeno-
-
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Medit.
-
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- clinic
-
noun,
a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- metal.
-
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- clonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- somni-
-
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- steno-
-
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- decoct
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- clino-
-
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- celto-
-
- stacc.
-
- accel.
-
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- somat-
-
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- lact-
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Melia
-
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Indo-
-
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Metol
-
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- miso-
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- meta-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oidea
-
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- insol
-
- amid-
-
- inst.
-
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- meno-
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- OIcel
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- 30-30
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- acet-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- acct.
-
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- tides
-
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.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- istic
-
- acids
-
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.
- ition
-
- alti-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- init.
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Ital.
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- octa-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- meso-
-
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- AMEDS
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- naso-
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- MSEnt
-
- natl.
-
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- masc.
-
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- model
-
noun,
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- tonia
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- mini-
-
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Macc.
-
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molds
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Mont.
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- male-
-
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- noct-
-
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- aden-
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- actos
-
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- licet
-
- mast-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Decca
-
noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- deci-
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- decl.
-
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- demi-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demo-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- calc-
-
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deca-
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- canc.
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sito-
-
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Sino-
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- desc.
-
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- disc.
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- dist.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- semi-
-
- atmo-
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- ation
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- sect.
-
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- dial.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- diam.
-
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
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.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- seti-
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- caco-
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- 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:
- dimin
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- clase
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- cidal
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- cent.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- cont.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- conc.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coel-
-
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Icel.
-
- Andes
-
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).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- IATSE
-
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- sanit
-
- ante-
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- telo-
-
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- omni-
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- icons
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- ician
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- teno-
-
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- encl.
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- anis-
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- endo-
-
- anim.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- eccl.
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- ilio-
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- ileo-
-
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Scot.
-
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- Scand
-
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- 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.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- anti-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- scat-
-
- 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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- amin-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ideo-
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idion
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
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.
- idio-
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ten.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- OCDM
-
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ste.
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- mis-
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Soni
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- OECD
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- soln
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Ont.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oct.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ole-
-
- std.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Sol.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- NTIA
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- msec
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- MSIE
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sci.
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- scil
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- NASD
-
- MSCE
-
- MScD
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- MSAE
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- NDSL
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sec.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- neo-
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tasm
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- NCTE
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tion
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- NDAC
-
- Sem.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tel-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TODS
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nos-
-
- sld.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SLIC
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- Sam.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Sat.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Saml
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- nom.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- 1080
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cide
-
- idae
-
- Idas
-
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).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ceto
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cen.
-
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IMCO
-
- inae
-
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- 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.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- Esd.
-
- cml.
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Ind.
-
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Inc.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- itol
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- DCNL
-
- 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.
- cac-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- atm.
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- itis
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- IndE
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- CCls
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Can.
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- iso-
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Cal.
-
- Ens.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dis-
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
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.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- DMSO
-
- Din.
-
- Dom.
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- cts.
-
- Den.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Dem.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- 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.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- dim.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- enl.
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- EDTA
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- min.
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Col.
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coml
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- comd
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Lani
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Alis
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- mdse
-
- mdnt
-
- MDES
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aldm
-
- Ald.
-
- Alco
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- amdt
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ACLS
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Mac-
-
- Adm.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- med.
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- MALD
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- mal-
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- MAEd
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Ltd.
-
- AISI
-
- AInd
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- ano-
-
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- ANSI
-
- mes-
-
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- ment
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- men-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mic.
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- ASME
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- midn
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mid.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- ant.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- amt.
-
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- ance
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- acc.
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- AMLS
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- ands
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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).
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SLE
-
- DOA
-
- DAE
-
- DSO
-
- TSE
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DSM
-
- DSC
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Am.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ADC
-
- SMA
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- DCL
-
- ACS
-
- al.
-
- CTC
-
- DCM
-
- SLA
-
- an.
-
- CTA
-
- ad-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ac-
-
- CST
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- do.
-
- SMD
-
- ALC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CAI
-
- TAL
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ANC
-
- cl.
-
- CCA
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- AMS
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CDC
-
- CDT
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CEA
-
- CEC
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ct.
-
- TIA
-
- ASM
-
- 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.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- TCA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ATC
-
- ASN
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- cs.
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- CED
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CMC
-
- TCS
-
- CMD
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CNC
-
- CNM
-
- CNO
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CNS
-
- TLC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tlo
-
- TMO
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AIC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ae.
-
- CMA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- STM
-
- CIM
-
- STL
-
- STI
-
- TID
-
- CEO
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- CIA
-
- CIC
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- AME
-
- Clo
-
- AMC
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- cle
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ALM
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CLI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- TSI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- LCI
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- LCM
-
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- NOC
-
- NMI
-
- LDC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- 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:
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- CSC
-
- NES
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NIA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- LIM
-
- DCS
-
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- OCS
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- OTC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OAS
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- OEM
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MCI
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MDT
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MIT
-
- MNS
-
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLD
-
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- ne-
-
- NAD
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MSN
-
- LMT
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
-
- NDE
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- Md.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Mc-
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LON
-
- MSE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- MSA
-
- LOC
-
- MSD
-
- IOT
-
- OCD
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EDT
-
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ESA
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- SAE
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ETO
-
- So.
-
- DMT
-
- DMS
-
- sd.
-
- DML
-
- SCM
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- DLO
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DSA
-
- DST
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- DNA
-
- ScD
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- ed.
-
- Doi
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sc.
-
- SED
-
- EDC
-
- DLS
-
- DMA
-
- OTS
-
- ILS
-
- ide
-
- ETS
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DET
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Om.
-
- il-
-
- DEA
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ola
-
- ine
-
- OIt
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oid
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- de-
-
- di.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- ose
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- DLC
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- 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).
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- DIL
-
- 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.
- ONI
-
- ons
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ICC
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- dl
-
- MN
-
- 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.
- DN
-
- 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.
- DM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- D.
-
- 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.
- TD
-
- TN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
-
- ic
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- CE
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CM
-
- OA
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- 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.
- ol
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TM
-
- ND
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TL
-
- SN
-
- EI
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NI
-
- NM
-
- ln
-
- LM
-
- T1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SM
-
- SL
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.