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- coumarins
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noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- submicron
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adjective,
(of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- monobasic
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adjective,
Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- carbonous
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adjective,
of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- coumarin
-
noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- microbus
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noun,
minibus.
- acromion
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noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- canorous
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adjective,
melodious; musical.
- coronium
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noun,
a hypothetical element once thought to exist because certain spectral lines in the emission spectrum of the solar corona could not be identified by known elements. These lines were subsequently found to be emitted by certain highly ionized metals.
- biramous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two branches:
- bimanous
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adjective,
having two hands, especially as distinct from feet.
- cumarins
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noun,
coumarin.
- omicrons
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- urbanism
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noun,
the way of life of people who live in a large city.
- corbinas
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Brancusi
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noun,
Constantin [kon-stuh n-tin;; Romanian kon-stahn-teen] /ˈkɒn stən tɪn;; Romanian ˌkɒn stɑnˈtin/ (Show IPA), 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor.
- craniums
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- bonsoir
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interjection,
good evening; good night.
- Morison
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noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- sunroom
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noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- corbans
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- cumarin
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noun,
coumarin.
- Cumbria
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noun,
a county in NW England. 2659 sq. mi. (6886 sq. km).
- corbina
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- maroons
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- amorous
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- Corumba
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noun,
a city in W Brazil.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- cranio-
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- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- crinums
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noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- cranium
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craniom
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- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- ominous
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adjective,
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
- omicron
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- romanos
-
- broncos
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- soroban
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noun,
a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- omnibus
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noun,
bus1 (def 1).
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Morisco
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- Maurois
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Burmans
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noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- Comorin
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Noricum
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noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Coimbra
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noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- unbosom
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Idioms,
unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs:
- Caribou
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noun,
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
- Rubicon
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noun,
a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- Muscari
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- bariums
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noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- Ouranos
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noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- morions
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- bonacis
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- niobous
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adjective,
Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- racoons
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noun,
raccoon.
- coniums
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- unmoors
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verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Umbrian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Umbria.
- Bianco
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noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- crumbs
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noun,
a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
- sacro-
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- sacrum
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noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- Nomura
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noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- bourns
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noun,
burn2 .
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- bauson
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noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- borons
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noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Bicorn
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noun,
bicorne.
- Bomarc
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noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- numis.
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- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- bonaci
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- cumins
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noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Cubism
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noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- nubias
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noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- rumbas
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noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- iambus
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noun,
iamb.
- Borman
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noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- bonsai
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noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Marcos
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noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- bruins
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noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- cobras
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noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- Conium
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ramous
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adjective,
ramose.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- Cairns
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noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- combos
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noun,
Informal.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
combination (defs 2–4).
- cambio
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noun,
a currency exchange.
- camion
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Osborn
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noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- carbo-
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- Busoni
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noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- carbon
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noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- cobias
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noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Caribs
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noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- carobs
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noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carson
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noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- C-bias
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noun,
grid bias.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- riboso
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noun,
rebozo.
- busman
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noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- brains
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- basion
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noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Crinum
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noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- Robson
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- crambo
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noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- bromic
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adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- bromo-
-
- bronco
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cosmo-
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- Coombs
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noun,
combe.
- Cosimo
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noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- Roboam
-
noun,
Rehoboam.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- buncos
-
noun,
bunko.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Corbin
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noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- burins
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noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Burman
-
noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- Baucis
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noun,
an aged Phrygian peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, offered hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes: they were rewarded by being saved from a flood and changed into trees.
- icono-
-
- Aomori
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noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Umbria
-
noun,
an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- somni-
-
- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- socman
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noun,
sokeman.
- socio-
-
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- unarms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mourns
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verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- unbars
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verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- umbras
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- amnios
-
- Subroc
-
noun,
a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- amino-
-
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- aniso-
-
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- urino-
-
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- urano-
-
- sarco-
-
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- barium
-
noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- Nimbus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- unmoor
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- acious
-
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Barnum
-
noun,
P(hineas) T(aylor) 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Mobius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- coomb
-
noun,
combe.
- masc.
-
- miso-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- osmo-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- misc.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- comb.
-
- mono-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Comr.
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Cons.
-
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- combo
-
noun,
Informal.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
combination (defs 2–4).
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- nuci-
-
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- numbs
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Nabis
-
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- munic
-
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- noso-
-
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- icons
-
- incor
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomo-
-
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- naso-
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Iran.
-
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- onium
-
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- 30-30
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- onco-
-
- incr.
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- crim.
-
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- muco-
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- omni-
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- crumb
-
noun,
a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- carb-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- baro-
-
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- sarc-
-
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- bosom
-
noun,
the breast of a human being.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- boro-
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- booms
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- 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.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- UNCIO
-
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- ambi-
-
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- amin-
-
- acro-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- uran-
-
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Sino-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- 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.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- arium
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- anis-
-
- anim.
-
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- AMORC
-
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- MNurs
-
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- BSCom
-
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- caus.
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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).
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Camb.
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- broom
-
noun,
an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- brom-
-
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RONA
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- oro-
-
- Soni
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- sub-
-
- SRBM
-
- Rom.
-
- SRAM
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Sra.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Rus.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Mon.
-
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- uro-
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USAR
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- USCA
-
- USIA
-
- USMA
-
- USMC
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- USNA
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- RIBA
-
- obs.
-
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- bus.
-
- uni-
-
- 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).
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- 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.
- SBIC
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- RNAS
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- saur
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- NIRA
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Sab.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Nor.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nos-
-
- Sam.
-
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sci.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- MSBA
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- muc-
-
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- mRNA
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- MSBC
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- MusB
-
- scr.
-
- mus.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- NRAB
-
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- mun.
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- nom.
-
- 1080
-
- USRC
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- Buna
-
- BSNA
-
- BSIR
-
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- boom
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cir.
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cur.
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- cis-
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ARIS
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- acr-
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arm.
-
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- bar.
-
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- BMOC
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- bin-
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- BASc
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BRCS
-
- BMus
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- 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.
- ins.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mic.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Inc.
-
- min.
-
- Mar.
-
- ious
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- iso-
-
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IRBM
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MNAS
-
- ICAO
-
- IMCO
-
- ICBM
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mis-
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- MRA
-
- MSA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- sb.
-
- SBA
-
- an.
-
- sc.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ASU
-
- MRI
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- SCB
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- AUC
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SCM
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- USC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Bac
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Br.
-
- BSC
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Ar.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- USB
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ac-
-
- USN
-
- Bn.
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- BNS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Am.
-
- USO
-
- BMR
-
- Mo.
-
- USR
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- BMS
-
- MSC
-
- SAR
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- ASR
-
- MSI
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- MSN
-
- BCS
-
- bi-
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- USM
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- ab-
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- BMI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MNA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AMS
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- UNO
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- AMU
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MOR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ANC
-
- SRB
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- uns
-
- Amb
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIC
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- unc
-
- 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.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ACS
-
- AMC
-
- UCR
-
- UAM
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- mi.
-
- Sr.
-
- ASN
-
- SNU
-
- ARU
-
- asb
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ABM
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Mao
-
- ASI
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- SMB
-
- SMA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ASM
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARS
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- MCR
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ur-
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- MCI
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- AOU
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- MBO
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- abn
-
- Mc-
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ONR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- NMU
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ons
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NMI
-
- ONI
-
- NOC
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- NMR
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OMB
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- CMA
-
- ior
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NBA
-
- CNM
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- NBC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NBS
-
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- CSR
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- RCS
-
- NRC
-
- NUM
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- io-
-
- in.
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IBN
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Om.
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ob.
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OAO
-
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- OSO
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- IRS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- RBC
-
- RBI
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROI
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ca.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- 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.
- IRO
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- cs.
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- BSA
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- NCO
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- BSM
-
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROA
-
- BRM
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- bu.
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IOU
-
- CIB
-
- Ir.
-
- CIA
-
- CBS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- IRC
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- MNS
-
- ium
-
- ISR
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- IUS
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CAI
-
- RMA
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- CIM
-
- RU
-
- 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.
- M.
-
- i.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ic
-
- NC
-
- NB
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- O.
-
- MN
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- BO
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- SN
-
- RN
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- MB
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BC
-
- NM
-
- BM
-
- SU
-
- SA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CM
-
- CB
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- UB
-
- UI
-
- CU
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RO
-
- NI
-
- OA
-
- SM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .