Anagrams of ostensorium
Word ostensorium has
1116 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ostensorium.
- monestrous
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adjective,
of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- Montessori
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noun,
Maria [muh-ree-uh;; Italian mah-ree-ah] /məˈri ə;; Italian mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1952, Italian educator.
- monitress
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noun,
a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- mesotrons
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- monstrous
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adverb,
extremely; exceedingly; very.
- sensorium
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- moistures
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- remotions
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- Nestorius
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noun,
died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- moonrises
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- isomerous
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adjective,
having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- mesotron
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- Rosemont
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noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- Montrose
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noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- monteros
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- nostrums
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- nitroso-
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- monitors
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- tourisms
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- ionomers
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- moistens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- oestrous
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adjective,
estrous.
- sternums
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- resinous
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adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- tonsures
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- strumose
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adjective,
having a struma or strumae.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- enormous
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adjective,
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
- moonrise
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- sunrooms
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noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- moonsets
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noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- ostomies
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noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- timorous
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adjective,
full of fear; fearful:
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- munsters
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noun,
muenster.
- neutro-
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- surmise
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noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- mounter
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- tonuses
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Sirenum
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noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- sistrum
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noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- sterno-
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- Orosius
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noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Mountie
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noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sternum
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mousers
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noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- moutons
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noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isomers
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Munster
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noun,
muenster.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- moonset
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noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- souters
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- musties
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noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- musters
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noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- montero
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- 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.
- somites
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- 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.
- ominous
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adjective,
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
- Morison
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noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- minuses
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noun,
minus sign.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- stemson
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noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- stomous
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- osmious
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adjective,
of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- sunroom
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noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- missout
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noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- oestrus
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noun,
estrus.
- motions
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noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- Misenus
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noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- murines
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- misuser
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noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- noisome
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adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- unmiter
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- unmitre
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- nostrum
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- unmoors
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verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- unrests
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Stimson
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noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- eonisms
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- entomo-
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- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- serious
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noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- 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.
- seismo-
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- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trismus
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noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Monroe
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noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- eosins
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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.
- sensum
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noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Somers
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- sermon
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noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- Timour
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noun,
Tamerlane.
- turion
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noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- muster
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noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- suites
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- morion
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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.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- unrest
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Sumner
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noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- somni-
-
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- eroto-
-
- suitor
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noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- moonie
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noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- unmoor
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verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- rumens
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noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- estrus
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noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- snoots
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- morose
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adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- Somnus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- russet
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noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- mounts
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noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- mourns
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verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- mouser
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noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Russo-
-
- mouses
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noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- mousse
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noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- Mouton
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noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- urino-
-
- Ruston
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- norite
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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.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- utero-
-
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Munroe
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noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- munite
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verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
-
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.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- osteo-
-
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- nitro-
-
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- mesons
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- stours
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noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- metro-
-
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Tromso
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noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- inter.
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- torses
-
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.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- numis.
-
- merous
-
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- rosins
-
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.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- steno-
-
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- neuro-
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- instr.
-
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- 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.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- onium
-
- noto-
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omni-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ster.
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
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.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- onto-
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- sines
-
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.
- Sino-
-
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- semi-
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- sones
-
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.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- osmo-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ORuss
-
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- sito-
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- 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.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- reni-
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- stome
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- tono-
-
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- 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).
- tious
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mont.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- mono-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- MNurs
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Miss.
-
- mero-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- 30-30
-
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- 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.
- meno-
-
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- MSEnt
-
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- term.
-
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- 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.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- teno-
-
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- nests
-
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.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sumos
-
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.
- neut.
-
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- 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.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- neur-
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- nomo-
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- MOTOS
-
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- str.
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIS
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- tron
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uret
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Tues
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sem.
-
- uro-
-
- sers
-
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).
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- uni-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soni
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- tion
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- ter.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tri-
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- 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.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ten.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- out-
-
- mun.
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mes-
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- mus.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- Ont.
-
- Eur.
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- MSTS
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MSIE
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- osis
-
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- 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 = .
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- est.
-
- ISSN
-
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- men-
-
- 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.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- ious
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Ire.
-
- ment
-
- 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.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- iso-
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- oto-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- 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).
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- 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.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- 1080
-
- Rom.
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- mis-
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- 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.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Ens.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- eous
-
- 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.
- MIT
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- 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.
- Mo.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- 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.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- mi.
-
- MIE
-
- ine
-
- Me.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ur-
-
- en-
-
- uns
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- UNO
-
- ERT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Une
-
- UMT
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UIT
-
- USS
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ETO
-
- USM
-
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- eo-
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- EOM
-
- EMT
-
- eir
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- EIS
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ESU
-
- ETR
-
- IUS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- ise
-
- Tro
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- tr.
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- ETS
-
- ier
-
- eu-
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ITU
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- io-
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tue
-
- TMO
-
- Tu.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- TSS
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- in.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- So.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- oo-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OOT
-
- oon
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- 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.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- OTS
-
- SNU
-
- Om.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- 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).
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Re.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SMS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ROI
-
- St.
-
- ss.
-
- OIt
-
- MSN
-
- 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:
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- SRO
-
- Sus
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- ne-
-
- MSE
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- 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.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MOI
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- 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.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUM
-
- STI
-
- NSU
-
- nr.
-
- STM
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMU
-
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- 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.
- NES
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- 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:
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- t.
-
- U.
-
- UI
-
- O.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- S.
-
- NI
-
- SM
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SN
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
-
- RU
-
- TM
-
- T1
-
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NM
-
- RI
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- M.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RN
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SU
-