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- corrections
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noun,
something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
- interiorism
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noun,
a theory that truth is discovered by introspection rather than by examination of the outside world.
- minorities
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noun,
the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- concretism
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noun,
the theory or practice of concrete poetry.
- criterions
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- correction
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noun,
something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
- monitories
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noun,
Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
- seriocomic
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adjective,
partly serious and partly comic:
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- crocoites
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- incorrect
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adjective,
not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong:
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- economist
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noun,
a specialist in economics.
- economics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- microtone
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noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- criticism
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noun,
the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
- remotions
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- cocinero
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noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- cortico-
-
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- cosmetic
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noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- criminis
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noun,
cremini.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- omicrons
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- monteros
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- Montrose
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noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- ionomers
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- moonrise
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concerto
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- coroners
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- coercion
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- corrects
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adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- isotimic
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adjective,
(of a line or surface in space) having an equal value of some quantity at a given time.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- monitors
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- nitroso-
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- economic
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adjective,
pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- Morrison
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noun,
Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
- cromorne
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noun,
crumhorn.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- crocoite
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Rosemont
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noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- mesotron
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coroner
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- motoric
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adjective,
motor (def 11).
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- termors
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- moonset
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noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- entomo-
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- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- roomers
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noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- motions
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noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- crimini
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noun,
cremini.
- icteric
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Morison
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noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- Morisco
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- morions
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- correct
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adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- noisome
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adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- sterno-
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- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- constr.
-
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Sinitic
-
noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- monitor
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- centri-
-
- ciceros
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centro-
-
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- Comecon
-
noun,
an economic association of Communist countries, established in 1949, to facilitate trade and development.
- comices
-
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Iricism
-
noun,
Irishism.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- metro-
-
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- steno-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- scoto-
-
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- socio-
-
- micro-
-
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- eroto-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- incorr
-
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- instr.
-
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- inter.
-
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- 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.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- icono-
-
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- intro.
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- somni-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- rectos
-
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- 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.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- retro-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- coeno-
-
- cosmo-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- osteo-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- recti-
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- cirro-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- C-in-C
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- contr.
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Rimini
-
noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- nitro-
-
- cteno-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- necro-
-
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- nocti-
-
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- costo-
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- oste-
-
- onto-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- osmo-
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Recit
-
- sect.
-
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- 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.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- misc.
-
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- MOTOS
-
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- reni-
-
- nomo-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Mont.
-
- 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.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- nitr-
-
- MSEnt
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noso-
-
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- restr
-
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- octo-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- omni-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- rect.
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- mono-
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noct-
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- terr.
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ecto-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- econ.
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- COCOM
-
noun,
a nontreaty organization of the NATO nations except Iceland, and with the addition of Japan, that sets rules on exports of strategic goods to Communist countries: formed in 1949.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- term.
-
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- stome
-
- cores
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corr.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- tono-
-
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- conc.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crim.
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Comr.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- erron
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- meno-
-
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Sino-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- ition
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- cent.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- istic
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- sito-
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- mero-
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- semi-
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- mini-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 30-30
-
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Seric
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Cons.
-
- icons
-
- init.
-
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- imit.
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- cine-
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- intr.
-
- 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: ¢.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cero-
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- cert.
-
- tron
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- oto-
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tri-
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Soni
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sec.
-
- Sem.
-
- scr.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sci.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ten.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ter.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rom.
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 1080
-
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- MSIE
-
- cts.
-
- est.
-
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- 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 = .
- eso-
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- 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.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- etc.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- eco-
-
- itis
-
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Cort
-
- 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.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- NCTE
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Cres
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- mis-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Ens.
-
- enc.
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- mes-
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- ect-
-
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- met.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Mic.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- 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):
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cor.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- iso-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- cit.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IMCO
-
- Ceto
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- 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.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- cet-
-
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- INRI
-
- Ont.
-
- Inc.
-
- cen.
-
- CERN
-
- Cmon
-
- min.
-
- Ice.
-
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nos-
-
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- nom.
-
- not-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Con.
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Com.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ics
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- TCS
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- St.
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- STI
-
- ICC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- io-
-
- ier
-
- ESR
-
- STM
-
- ETO
-
- Sr.
-
- ERT
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- in.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ine
-
- Esc
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CIC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- CNC
-
- CMC
-
- tr.
-
- CIM
-
- CIE
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- CEC
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Tro
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- cc.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRC
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOM
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- EIS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eir
-
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- eo-
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- TMO
-
- CSC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- IOC
-
- MSC
-
- 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 = .
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- RNR
-
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- nr.
-
- RMC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MTI
-
- MRI
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- ior
-
- Mt.
-
- mtn
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- NCO
-
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- ROI
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- oon
-
- RCN
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSO
-
- OOT
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ose
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RCT
-
- Oc.
-
- OEO
-
- OTC
-
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- MRE
-
- MST
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- 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).
- Me.
-
- Mo.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- MCI
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MCR
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Mc-
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MIE
-
- IRS
-
- 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.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ite
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ITC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- mi.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- RTS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- sc.
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- SCM
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- MNS
-
- MIT
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- se-
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOR
-
- MNE
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- CM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- EI
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- S.
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TM
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NM
-
- TC
-
- T1
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MN
-
- O.
-
- RO
-
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- i.
-
- SM
-
- M.
-
- NC
-
- TN
-
- N.
-
- ic
-