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- Paramecium
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noun,
any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- macrames
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noun,
an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- Americus
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noun,
a city in SW central Georgia.
- samarium
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noun,
a rare-earth metallic element discovered in samarskite. Symbol: Sm; atomic weight: 150.35; atomic number: 62; specific gravity: 7.49.
- racemism
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noun,
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- marsupia
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noun,
the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- Apurimac
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noun,
a river flowing NW from S Peru to the Ucayali River. about 550 miles (885 km) long.
- sapremia
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noun,
blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- uraemias
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noun,
uremia.
- impers.
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- pumices
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- Mauriac
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1970, French novelist: Nobel prize 1952.
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- spermic
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adjective,
spermatic.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- Muscari
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- Maurice
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noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- macrame
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noun,
an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- Eurasia
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noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- Marceau
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noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, French actor and mime.
- premium
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noun,
a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
- campers
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noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- crummie
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noun,
a cow with crooked horns.
- America
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noun,
United States.
- immures
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verb (used with object),
to enclose within walls.
- Marcuse
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noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- Pescara
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noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- caesura
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noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- picaras
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noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Masuria
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noun,
a region in NE Poland, formerly in East Prussia, Germany: German defeat of Russians 1914–15.
- Paramus
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- rummies
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noun,
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- ceriums
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noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- uraemia
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noun,
uremia.
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- scamper
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noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- cummers
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noun,
a godmother.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- samurai
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noun,
a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.
- Emmaus
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Pamirs
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noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- simper
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- crimps
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noun,
the act of crimping.
- Epirus
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noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- simmer
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noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- capers
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noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- pumice
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- parica
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noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- capias
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noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- arecas
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noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Marius
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noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Capris
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noun,
Capri pants.
- Mamers
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noun,
Mars.
- purism
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noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- Caesar
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- asemia
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noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Cammie
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noun,
camouflage.
- Parcae
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noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- sarape
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noun,
serape.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- saucer
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- cummer
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noun,
a godmother.
- scampi
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noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- camera
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noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- crumps
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noun,
a crunching sound.
- aspire
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- camise
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Marcus
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noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- marais
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noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Sammie
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noun,
a sandwich.
- Marcia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- scream
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- camper
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noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- scrimp
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verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- Asarum
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noun,
the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.
- Rameau
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noun,
Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.
- campus
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noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- miasma
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noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- umpire
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noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- amicus
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noun,
a philanthropist.
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- miscue
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Caspar
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noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Casper
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noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- AmerSp
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- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spruce
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- apices
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noun,
a plural of apex.
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Murcia
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noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- supra-
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- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- Mauser
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noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- immure
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verb (used with object),
to enclose within walls.
- imper.
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- Summer
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noun,
the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- impure
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adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- aecium
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noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Aeacus
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noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- super-
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- Superi
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plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Acarus
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noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- cerium
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noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Persia
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noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Maseru
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- apercu
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noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- picara
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noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- caries
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noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- uremic
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adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- uremia
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- amusia
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noun,
the inability to produce or comprehend music or musical sounds.
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- amurca
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noun,
the lees or sediment of olive oil.
- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- carpus
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noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- cesium
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- Primus
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noun,
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- sperm-
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- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- uprise
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- sacrum
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noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- macers
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noun,
macebearer.
- Reims
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noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- cruse
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noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Maria
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noun,
calaba.
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Rimas
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noun,
a female given name.
- crump
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noun,
a crunching sound.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Crius
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noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crimp
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noun,
the act of crimping.
- Parca
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noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- crim.
-
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- resp.
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- crips
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noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cream
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- CRISP
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- craps
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noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- paras
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noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- repic
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noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Maris
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noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Remus
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noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- crape
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- re-up
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verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- crams
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noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cramp
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noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- crime
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noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- races
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- recip
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- prim.
-
- imams
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noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- prem.
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- Pres.
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- presa
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noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Priam
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noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Price
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prime
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- impar
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adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- prims
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noun,
privet.
- prise
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noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
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noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prius
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noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- parse
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Prus.
-
- Maera
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noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- prase
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Piers
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noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- peri-
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- maars
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noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- picas
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noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Picus
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noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- Macau
-
noun,
Macao.
- Isaac
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noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- prams
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noun,
perambulator.
- pause
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- macer
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noun,
macebearer.
- Pimas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- maces
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noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Piura
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noun,
a city in N Peru.
- prae-
-
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- ERISA
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noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- maras
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noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- marcs
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noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- raias
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noun,
rayah.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- reams
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noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Cumae
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Reaum
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- pumas
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noun,
cougar.
- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Episc
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- Epis.
-
- Purim
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noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- Ecua.
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- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- emirs
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noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Purse
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pari-
-
- rimes
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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).
- Masai
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noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- masc.
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- spec.
-
- Spear
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noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- amuse
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- micas
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noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- AMPAS
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- semi-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 30-30
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Seric
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- 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.
- arium
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- MPers
-
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MUMPS
-
noun,
an infectious disease characterized by inflammatory swelling of the parotid and usually other salivary glands, and sometimes by inflammation of the testes or ovaries, caused by a paramyxovirus.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- aemia
-
- aeri-
-
- summa
-
noun,
a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Amer.
-
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Capua
-
noun,
a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- para-
-
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- carp-
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caus.
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- sarc-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- ASPCA
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Maura
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- MSAM
-
- MSEM
-
- MSPE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- per.
-
- MSME
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- MSCP
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- MSIE
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- muc-
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- MusM
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- mus.
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- pam.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- mums
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- par.
-
- mump
-
verb (used with object),
to mumble; mutter.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- 1080
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sem.
-
- sec.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scr.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sci.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- saur
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Rus.
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- USMC
-
- USMA
-
- USIA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- USAR
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uria
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- supr
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- 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.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- SPCA
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Pers
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- psia
-
- psec
-
- prs.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- RCMP
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- purs
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Rep.
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- MSAE
-
- USRC
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- Eur.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- esp.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- APSA
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- IAEA
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Ice.
-
- Emp.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Ire.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- amus
-
- Imp.
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Aus.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cur.
-
- cap.
-
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- aur-
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- emia
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- asc-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- AIME
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acea
-
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- mem.
-
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- MEPA
-
- 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.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- MIPS
-
- mrem
-
- MMus
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- AARP
-
- AAUP
-
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mes-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- acr-
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- 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.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- CAI
-
- ASR
-
- SAR
-
- ASU
-
- CAA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- AAP
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ca.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Sr.
-
- sc.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AUA
-
- AUC
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- APC
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- USM
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEA
-
- USR
-
- Sp.
-
- SAA
-
- 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:
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SAE
-
- USP
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- Ar.
-
- ac-
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- AIA
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- AEC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- UAM
-
- ae.
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ACS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UCR
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- AMS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AMU
-
- ACP
-
- 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).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- APS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- UAR
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- SMA
-
- UAE
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- SMM
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- USA
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AEA
-
- SCM
-
- AME
-
- SCP
-
- AMC
-
- ure
-
- Aar
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- SPR
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ur-
-
- ase
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- AAU
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- UPI
-
- ARU
-
- UPC
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- up-
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIC
-
- MRP
-
- CIA
-
- ium
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- IUS
-
- IRC
-
- Mc-
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Me.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- MM.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- CIE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- Ir.
-
- PRC
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- PRA
-
- IPS
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- MSC
-
- MAA
-
- PSA
-
- MME
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIP
-
- 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.
- MUP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- mum
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- MSM
-
- Pa.
-
- MSI
-
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- MSE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MSA
-
- mi.
-
- pc.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- PCS
-
- PCM
-
- PCI
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MCI
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- MCP
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEP
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- ESA
-
- ics
-
- PSC
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- MRI
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- REA
-
- PSE
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ea.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- EAA
-
- CRP
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RMC
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- CIM
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- CPU
-
- CIP
-
- CMA
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPM
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- EAM
-
- RCA
-
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ec-
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- EMR
-
- EMU
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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.
- RMA
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- PUC
-
- ERP
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ECM
-
- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RPS
-
- ECA
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RP
-
- ic
-
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- i.
-
- PU
-
- SA
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SM
-
- MP
-
- S.
-
- RU
-
- M.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SU
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- CU
-
- UI
-
- UC
-
- RI
-
- U.
-
- RC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IP
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- CM
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.