Anagrams of originates
Word originates has
1133 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of originates.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- rigatonis
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- originate
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- argento-
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- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- rigatoni
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- arseno-
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- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- signior
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noun,
signor.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- sterno-
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- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- isation
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- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- aristo-
-
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
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- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- tearing
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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.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Nigeria
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- 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.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- 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.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gastro-
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- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genito-
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- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- antero-
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- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- raising
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noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- airings
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noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- igniter
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- ingots
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noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- tangos
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noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Garnet
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- nitro-
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- garote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- ignite
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- groats
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noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Gaston
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noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
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- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- ingest
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- iatro-
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- targes
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noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- etrogs
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noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- gaiter
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- ingate
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- tarso-
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- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- sarong
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noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- soigne
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adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gainst
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preposition,
against.
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- string
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Sontag
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noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- grano-
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- inter.
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- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- steno-
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- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Girtin
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noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- gisant
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Grants
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noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Singer
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- grani-
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- gratin
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noun,
au gratin.
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- irones
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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.
- signer
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noun,
a person who signs.
- signet
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- stager
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- goiter
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- intra-
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- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- intro.
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- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- grates
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- griots
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noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- gators
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noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Tagore
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noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Strong
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Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- inorg.
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- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- genit.
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- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stingo
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noun,
strong beer.
- Senora
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- genoas
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noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Gretna
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noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Strega
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- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- instr.
-
- Greats
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- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- gratis
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adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- stego-
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- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- ergots
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noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- onager
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ranges
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- orgies
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noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- astro-
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- ariose
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adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- agron.
-
- aniso-
-
- tirage
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noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- trigon
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noun,
a triangle.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- trigos
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noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- astron
-
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- arsen-
-
- angio-
-
- Tongas
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Angers
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noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Artois
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noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- trans.
-
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Orange
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noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tronas
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noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- 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.
- Tsonga
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noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- aeron.
-
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- sing.
-
- intr.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Regt.
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- init.
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 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.
- oste-
-
- seti-
-
- Iran.
-
- nears
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sanit
-
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- naso-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- orig.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Oreg.
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ition
-
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- sito-
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ation
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tonia
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- tears
-
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ergo-
-
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- engr.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- 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.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- agro-
-
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- treas
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- areo-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- 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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angi-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- stge.
-
- 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.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Srta.
-
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- ster.
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- tangs
-
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- gains
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- IATSE
-
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Sra.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- RIIA
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tron
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Soni
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- tri-
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- 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.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ten.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rit.
-
- stg.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sig.
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- str.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- RNAS
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 1080
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gras
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- 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.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- int.
-
- Reg.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inae
-
- ign.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- art.
-
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- agst
-
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agit
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ergs
-
- Ens.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eng.
-
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ator
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- gres
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- 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):
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ont.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- org.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- not-
-
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- NTIA
-
- neo-
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- nos-
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ETO
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ESA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ROI
-
- OIr
-
- ETR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ea.
-
- OIt
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETS
-
- Ga.
-
- ERT
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EIS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- RNA
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- eo-
-
- ons
-
- en-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TGN
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- eir
-
- ROG
-
- ROA
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ESR
-
- TIA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Eg.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Agt
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- tra
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Tro
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- REA
-
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ag-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ANG
-
- tr.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Tng
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- at.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- 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.
- ASI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ot-
-
- ase
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ARS
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- OTS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- aor
-
- Re.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- io-
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ing
-
- ine
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- GTS
-
- GTO
-
- gt.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- gi.
-
- SAR
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- gre
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Gr.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- NIA
-
- 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:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NEA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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).
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ne-
-
- ise
-
- Sgt
-
- 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 = .
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- IRO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ir.
-
- se-
-
- IOT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- ior
-
- NES
-
- Sr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- RTS
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- rte
-
- Ges
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- OSA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- STI
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- OAS
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- rt.
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- SAE
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- 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.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- rg
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IG
-
- TN
-
- EI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- AO
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- G.
-
- R.
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
-
- RN
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RI
-
- SA
-
- OA
-
- GN
-
- t.
-
- SN
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SG
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TG
-