Anagrams of parascenium
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- Capernaum
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noun,
an ancient site in N Israel, on the Sea of Galilee: center of Jesus' ministry in Galilee.
- manicures
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noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- muscarine
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noun,
a poisonous compound, C 8 H 19 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- Cinerama
-
- Superman
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noun,
a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- manicure
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noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- uraemias
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noun,
uremia.
- Capaneus
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noun,
one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- Americus
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noun,
a city in SW central Georgia.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- cumarins
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noun,
coumarin.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Eurasian
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noun,
the offspring of a European and an Asian.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- encarpus
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noun,
an ornament having draperies, weapons, etc., arranged in the manner of a festoon.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- craniums
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- sapremia
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noun,
blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- Campinas
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noun,
a city in SE Brazil, NNW of São Paulo.
- manscape
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verb (used with or without object),
(of a man) to remove (unwanted body hair other than scalp hair) by waxing, shaving, etc.:
- saucepan
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noun,
a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- spaceman
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noun,
an astronaut.
- pancreas
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noun,
a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- Spruance
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noun,
Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- Parmesan
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adjective,
of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- Spearman
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- Apurimac
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noun,
a river flowing NW from S Peru to the Ucayali River. about 550 miles (885 km) long.
- amnesiac
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- marsupia
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noun,
the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- auramine
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- 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.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- aneuria
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noun,
neurasthenia.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- campers
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noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- anurias
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noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- saurian
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noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- scamper
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noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- Caspian
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noun,
Caspian Sea.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- ape-man
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noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Sirenum
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noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- spermic
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adjective,
spermatic.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- 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.
- Capsian
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adjective,
of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- 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.
- canapes
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noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- Arcanum
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noun,
Often, arcana. a secret; mystery.
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- crinums
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noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- marinas
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Masuria
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noun,
a region in NE Poland, formerly in East Prussia, Germany: German defeat of Russians 1914–15.
- Mauriac
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1970, French novelist: Nobel prize 1952.
- Maurice
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noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- Mencius
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noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- pneumas
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noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- picaras
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noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Pescara
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noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- murines
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- Muscari
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- parians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Paramus
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Marcuse
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noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- Marceau
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noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, French actor and mime.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- samurai
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noun,
a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.
- cranium
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Ancaeus
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- cumarin
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noun,
coumarin.
- Rumania
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noun,
Romania.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- encamps
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verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- Eurasia
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noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- impers.
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- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- inscape
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- purines
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- puranas
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noun,
any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- pumices
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- Manipur
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noun,
a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manures
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noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- anemias
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- uraemia
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noun,
uremia.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- acrasin
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- America
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noun,
United States.
- amnesia
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- uranias
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noun,
uranium dioxide.
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- aminase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- surname
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noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- acumens
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noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canape
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noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- supine
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noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- Superi
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plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- AmerSp
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- macers
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noun,
macebearer.
- uremic
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adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- capias
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noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- capers
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noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Samian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- campus
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noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Crinum
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noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- Capris
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noun,
Capri pants.
- crimps
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noun,
the act of crimping.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- scream
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- super-
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- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Cumana
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noun,
a seaport in N Venezuela.
- 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.
- Purana
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noun,
any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- 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.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Seaman
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noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Saipan
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noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- 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.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- pumice
-
noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Samain
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noun,
Samhain.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- crumps
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- pneuma
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- puisne
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- scrimp
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verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- camera
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noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- unarms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- uremia
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Crania
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Primus
-
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.
- Marcus
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noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- 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.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- cerium
-
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.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- 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.
- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- Marcan
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marian
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noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- uranic
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adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Sarnia
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noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- sarape
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noun,
serape.
- uncaps
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- supra-
-
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Carnap
-
noun,
Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
- Manaus
-
noun,
Manáos.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- sampan
-
noun,
any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- 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).
- amurca
-
noun,
the lees or sediment of olive oil.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- parsec
-
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.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- Rameau
-
noun,
Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- spirea
-
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.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- parica
-
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.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Parcae
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- sperm-
-
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Icarus
-
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.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- imper.
-
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- impure
-
adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- amusia
-
noun,
the inability to produce or comprehend music or musical sounds.
- Persia
-
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.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- picara
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- racism
-
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.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- ericas
-
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.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- aspire
-
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):
- numis.
-
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- purism
-
noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- spruce
-
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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Asarum
-
noun,
the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- reams
-
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)
- 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.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reaum
-
- recip
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- Iran.
-
- uran-
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- Macau
-
noun,
Macao.
- insp.
-
- prius
-
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.
- Purim
-
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.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- 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.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- incr.
-
- insep
-
- Prus.
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- NAACP
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- 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.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- 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.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- munic
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- MPers
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- pari-
-
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- 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.
- nuci-
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- 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).
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- neur-
-
- para-
-
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- MNurs
-
- Piers
-
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.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Pres.
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- presa
-
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
-
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.
- Maura
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masc.
-
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Masai
-
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.
- prim.
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- prem.
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 30-30
-
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- 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.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- prae-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Episc
-
- 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.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- arium
-
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- 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:
- caus.
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- carp-
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Armen
-
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- 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.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- craps
-
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.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cramp
-
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.
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- sarc-
-
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- cine-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- 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.
- crim.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- 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.
- amin-
-
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- ASEAN
-
- semi-
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Seric
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ASPCA
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Capua
-
noun,
a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- caps.
-
- Amer.
-
- 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.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- 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.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Epis.
-
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- resp.
-
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- 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.
- 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.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- 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).
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- aemia
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- anim.
-
- anis-
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- aeri-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- Ecua.
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- 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.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- 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.
- crump
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- reni-
-
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- 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.
- spec.
-
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- ERICA
-
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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- AMPAS
-
- Spear
-
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.
- per.
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Pen.
-
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Pers
-
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- 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.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- 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.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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.
- SPCA
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- 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.
- 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.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- USMA
-
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- USIA
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- USCA
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- SRAM
-
- pam.
-
- Pan.
-
- USMC
-
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- USAR
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- USNA
-
- par.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RCMP
-
- Rus.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- purs
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- 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.
- 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.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Sam.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RNAS
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rep.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- 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.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- pnea
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sec.
-
- uria
-
- Sem.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- sepn
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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 .
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- scr.
-
- uni-
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- prs.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 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.
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- prin
-
- saur
-
- sci.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- supr
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Sra.
-
- 1080
-
- USRC
-
- APSA
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- 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.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- Apr.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- ANPA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ins.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ice.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amp.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- ance
-
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- 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.
- Anas
-
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Man.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- amus
-
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- 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.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cis-
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cir.
-
- cur.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CERN
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- Can.
-
- 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.
- asc-
-
- Eur.
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- esp.
-
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Emp.
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Aus.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- enc.
-
- Ens.
-
- aur-
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mac-
-
- meas
-
- NIRA
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- 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.
- muc-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- MSPE
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- MSCP
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- 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).
- AIME
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- AARP
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- mRNA
-
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- mun.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- NCAA
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- acr-
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- NACA
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acea
-
- aer-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- mus.
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- AAUP
-
- Aire
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- 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.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- mis-
-
- min.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mes-
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MEPA
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- MNAS
-
- Mic.
-
- men-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MIPS
-
- Ar.
-
- CAA
-
- CAI
-
- 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.
- cs.
-
- se-
-
- USR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Am.
-
- cr.
-
- CNS
-
- cp.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ca.
-
- CPA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CPI
-
- USP
-
- ap-
-
- ure
-
- CIE
-
- sc.
-
- CEA
-
- 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.
- AUC
-
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- an.
-
- AAP
-
- USC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- CIA
-
- Aar
-
- CIM
-
- USN
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CNM
-
- CMA
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- AAU
-
- SCP
-
- ac-
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- SCM
-
- USM
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- AIA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CIP
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- APC
-
- 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.
- UAM
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- USA
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- APS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SPR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- unc
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMU
-
- AME
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- AMC
-
- UAR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SAR
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ACP
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASM
-
- ae.
-
- 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).
- UPC
-
- ASN
-
- UPI
-
- ASR
-
- ASI
-
- ASU
-
- ACS
-
- AUA
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ur-
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- 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).
- up-
-
- AEA
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ARU
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SNU
-
- AIC
-
- Une
-
- SMA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- uns
-
- unp
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ase
-
- 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.
- AEC
-
- CPM
-
- ECM
-
- CPR
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- MCP
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- PRC
-
- MEP
-
- PRA
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MIE
-
- 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.
- MIP
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MNA
-
- 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:
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MCI
-
- 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:
- MPE
-
- Mc-
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- ISA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- 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.
- ise
-
- CPS
-
- ISR
-
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- Me.
-
- PSA
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- 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.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- MAA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- PUC
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- MPA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- NRC
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NMU
-
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- MRA
-
- MUP
-
- MRE
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- 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.
- NEA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- PCM
-
- PCI
-
- 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.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ne-
-
- Re.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- RMA
-
- EIS
-
- Rs.
-
- RPM
-
- ec-
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ECA
-
- Pa.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eir
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RSE
-
- EMR
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- 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.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- en-
-
- Ep.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERP
-
- SAE
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- CPU
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- Sp.
-
- 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.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- IPA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ier
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ESA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- IPM
-
- IAS
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RPS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- in.
-
- RCA
-
- Esc
-
- RCN
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- ics
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- eu-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- REA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- R.
-
- UI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RI
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MN
-
- CU
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SM
-
- RC
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- M.
-
- SA
-
- NP
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- SU
-
- RP
-
- PU
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- CM
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- RU
-
- CE
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- MP
-
- SN
-
- IP
-
- i.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NM
-
- 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.