Anagrams of phantasmagory
Word phantasmagory has
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- amaranths
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noun,
an imaginary, undying flower.
- tragopans
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noun,
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- part-song
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noun,
a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- pharyngo-
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- party-man
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noun,
a person belonging to a political party, especially one who adheres strictly or blindly to its principles and policies.
- phantasma
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noun,
phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- anaphoras
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noun,
Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Compare epistrophe (def 1), symploce.
- straphang
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verb (used without object),
to travel as a straphanger.
- marathons
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noun,
a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. 385 yards (42 km 195 meters).
- yataghans
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noun,
a Turkish saber having a doubly curved blade, concave toward the hilt, and a hilt with a prominent pommel and no guard.
- Gayomart
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noun,
the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- tamaraos
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noun,
tamarau.
- ataghans
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noun,
yataghan.
- Samarang
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noun,
Semarang.
- man-trap
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noun,
an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- tragopan
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noun,
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- trangams
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noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- tangrams
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- ash-gray
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noun,
pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- amaranth
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noun,
an imaginary, undying flower.
- marantas
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- Samantha
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noun,
a female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”.
- Arapahos
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noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian speech stock, once dwelling in the Colorado plains and now in Oklahoma and Wyoming.
- Amythaon
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noun,
the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.
- pharyng-
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- phantasm
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- phantasy
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noun,
fantasy.
- apastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- sayonara
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interjection, noun,
farewell; goodbye.
- anthrop.
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- mahogany
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noun,
any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- amphoras
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noun,
a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- patronym
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noun,
patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- Angstrom
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noun,
a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbreviation: A.
- Maranhao
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noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). Capital: São Luiz.
- Saratoga
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noun,
a city in W California.
- anaphora
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noun,
Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Compare epistrophe (def 1), symploce.
- panorama
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noun,
an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- myograph
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noun,
an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- yataghan
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noun,
a Turkish saber having a doubly curved blade, concave toward the hilt, and a hilt with a prominent pommel and no guard.
- parasang
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noun,
an ancient Persian unit of distance, equal to about 3.5 miles (5.6 km).
- staghorn
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noun,
a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- sanatory
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adjective,
favorable for health; curative; healing.
- trashman
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noun,
a person who collects trash for removal in a truck.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- sphygmo-
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- Marathon
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noun,
a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. 385 yards (42 km 195 meters).
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- oarsman
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Arapaho
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noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian speech stock, once dwelling in the Colorado plains and now in Oklahoma and Wyoming.
- Grayson
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noun,
David, pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- Aragats
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noun,
Mount, an extinct volcano in NW Armenia. 13,435 feet (4095 meters).
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- rhatany
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noun,
either of two South American shrubs belonging to the genus Krameria, of the legume family, K. tiandra (knotty rhatany or Peruvian rhatany) or K. argentea (Brazilian rhatany or Pará rhatany)
- grapho-
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- phantom
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- masonry
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noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- Mashona
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noun,
Shona (def 1).
- apogamy
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noun,
the asexual development of a sporophyte from a cell or cells of the gametophyte other than the egg.
- thrymsa
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noun,
a coin of Anglo-Saxon England.
- tarpans
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noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tympans
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noun,
Printing. a padlike device interposed between the platen or its equivalent and the sheet to be printed, in order to soften and equalize the pressure.
- Masorah
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noun,
a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- Hampton
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noun,
Lionel, 1908–2002, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
- typhons
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noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- Romansh
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noun,
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.
Compare Ladin (def 2).
- satrapy
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noun,
the province or jurisdiction of a satrap.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- angoras
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noun,
Angora cat.
- anatomy
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noun,
the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
- phytons
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noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- Maratha
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noun,
a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.
- Haryana
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noun,
a state in NW India, formed in 1966 from the S part of Punjab. 17,074 sq. mi. (44,222 sq. km). Capital: (shared with Punjab) Chandigarh.
- parangs
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noun,
a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- Maranta
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- gymnast
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noun,
a person trained and skilled in gymnastics.
- ragtops
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noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- mantras
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- margays
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noun,
a small tiger cat, Felis tigrina, of tropical America: now rare.
- mantapa
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noun,
a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple.
- Natasha
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noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Natalie.
- margosa
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noun,
neem (def 2).
- tamarao
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noun,
tamarau.
- Mansart
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noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- tamasha
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noun,
(in the East Indies) a spectacle; entertainment.
- Postman
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- tampons
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noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- atrophy
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- Spartan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- rampant
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adjective,
violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:
- harmost
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noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- Tanagra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Spartan victory over the Athenians 457 b.c.
- Harmony
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noun,
agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- nymphos
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noun,
nymphomaniac.
- tangram
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- athanor
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noun,
a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.
- atamans
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noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- ataghan
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noun,
yataghan.
- gastro-
-
- ashtray
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noun,
a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.
- asarota
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noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- pythons
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noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- Matapan
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noun,
Cape, a cape in S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.
- magyars
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noun,
a member of the ethnic group, of the Finno-Ugric stock, that forms the predominant element of the population of Hungary.
- trangam
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noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- amongst
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preposition,
among.
- Amyntor
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noun,
a king of Ormenium who refused to give his daughter Astydamia to Hercules and who was slain by Hercules.
- amatory
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adjective,
of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love:
- Saroyan
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noun,
William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- Sarnath
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noun,
an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage center in N India, near Varanasi: Buddha's first sermon preached here; many ancient Buddhist monuments.
- Aymaras
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noun,
a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- partans
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noun,
a crab.
- Agnatha
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noun,
the class of vertebrates comprising the lampreys, hagfishes, and several extinct forms, having no jaws or paired appendages.
- Yahgans
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
- Saragat
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1988, Italian statesman: president 1964–71.
- paronym
-
noun,
a paronymous word.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- transp.
-
- Agathon
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noun,
c450–c400 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- Agastya
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noun,
the legendary Aryan sage who introduced the Vedas to southern India.
- panamas
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noun,
a republic in S Central America. 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km).
- Paoshan
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoshan.
- paragon
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noun,
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence:
Synonyms: ideal, standard, epitome, quintessence; example, exemplar, paradigm.
- paramos
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noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- orphans
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noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- Agrapha
-
noun,
the sayings of Jesus as recorded in the writings of the early Christians and in those parts of the New Testament other than the Gospels.
- amphora
-
noun,
a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- anagram
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noun,
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: .
- phago-
-
- sampan
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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.
- Agatha
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “good.”.
- hygro-
-
- Samoan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- gymno-
-
- synop.
-
- MSPhar
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- ragman
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noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- angary
-
noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- margay
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noun,
a small tiger cat, Felis tigrina, of tropical America: now rare.
- Rahman
-
noun,
Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- gyrons
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noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- rayahs
-
noun,
a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
- syphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- rayons
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noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Panama
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noun,
a republic in S Central America. 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km).
- Margot
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- smarty
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- Angara
-
noun,
a river in the S Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River: called Upper Tunguska in its lower course. 1151 miles (1855 km) long.
- agamas
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noun,
any of numerous agamid lizards of the genus Agama, many of which are brilliantly colored and have the ability to change the color of the skin.
- Ramsay
-
noun,
Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Smyrna
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noun,
former name of Izmir.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- Hypnos
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypno-
-
- Patmos
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- gamays
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noun,
a grape grown especially in the Beaujolais region of France and in N California.
- Tamayo
-
noun,
Rufino [roo-fee-naw] /ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1991, Mexican painter.
- hogans
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noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- Payton
-
noun,
Walter ("Sweetness") 1954–99, U.S. football player.
- antho-
-
- mantas
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noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- gantry
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- prangs
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verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Yahata
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noun,
Yawata.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- sprang
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noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- garths
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noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- trans.
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- aghast
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adjective,
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:
- gasman
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noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- Stormy
-
adjective,
affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous:
- Gaston
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noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
-
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- hypso-
-
- Nagoya
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- gators
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noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- morphs
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morph-
-
- morphy
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noun,
Paul Charles, 1837–84, U.S. chess player.
- trophy
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- graphy
-
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- rhyton
-
noun,
an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- hansom
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- mythos
-
noun,
the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
- mytho-
-
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- Sangha
-
noun,
a community of Buddhist monks.
- hangar
-
noun,
a shed or shelter.
- troph-
-
- orangy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color:
- Granth
-
noun,
the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- masto-
-
- paramo
-
noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- Toyama
-
noun,
a city on W Honshu, in central Japan.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- Romany
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Parana
-
noun,
a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2050 miles (3300 km) long.
- somat-
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- Gorham
-
noun,
a town in SW Maine.
- Mornay
-
noun,
Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Seigneur du Plessis-Marly [se-nyœr dy ple-see-mar-lee] /sɛˈnyœr dü plɛ si marˈli/ (Show IPA), ("Pope of the Huguenots") 1549–1623, French statesman and Protestant leader.
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Gotama
-
noun,
Buddha.
- morays
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- Marsha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gotham
-
noun,
a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- pangas
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.
- spongy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- marshy
-
adjective,
like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Graham
-
noun,
Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- sapro-
-
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- pantry
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- gramas
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- Martha
-
noun,
the sister of Mary and Lazarus. Luke 10:38–42; John 11:1–44.
- grampa
-
noun,
grandfather.
- gramps
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- grano-
-
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- mayhap
-
adverb,
perhaps.
- argosy
-
noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- arhats
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- aryans
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- phymas
-
noun,
a nodule, swelling, or small, rounded tumor of the skin.
- Armagh
-
noun,
a county in S Northern Ireland. 489 sq. mi. (1267 sq. km). County seat: Armagh.
- Thamar
-
noun,
Tamar.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- tarso-
-
- mayans
-
noun,
a member of the Mayan tribe.
- physo-
-
- phyto-
-
- phyton
-
noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Horgan
-
noun,
Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- shanty
-
noun,
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- oghams
-
noun,
an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- thyro-
-
- ashram
-
noun,
a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
- Magyar
-
noun,
a member of the ethnic group, of the Finno-Ugric stock, that forms the predominant element of the population of Hungary.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- shaman
-
noun,
(especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- Pathan
-
noun,
Afghan (def 1).
- Omahas
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- tympan
-
noun,
Printing. a padlike device interposed between the platen or its equivalent and the sheet to be printed, in order to soften and equalize the pressure.
- shamoy
-
noun,
chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7).
- phanos
-
noun,
fanon.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- apathy
-
noun,
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- Typhon
-
noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- throng
-
noun,
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- Thorny
-
adjective,
abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- thongs
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- Yahgan
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Aranha
-
noun,
Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- Amhara
-
noun,
a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Ashman
-
noun,
a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.
- Sahara
-
noun,
a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- sharpy
-
noun,
sharpie.
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Aymara
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
- patho-
-
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Manoah
-
noun,
the father of Samson. Judges 13.
- nymphs
-
noun,
one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
- nympho
-
noun,
nymphomaniac.
- astron
-
- nympha
-
noun,
Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- yapons
-
noun,
yaupon.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- agron.
-
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Pahang
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- Poyang
-
noun,
a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- parang
-
noun,
a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- astro-
-
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- pyrans
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- Python
-
noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- Pogany
-
noun,
Willy (William Andrew) 1882–1955, U.S. painter, stage designer, and illustrator; born in Hungary.
- asthma
-
noun,
Pathology. a paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration, characterized by bronchospasm, wheezing, and difficulty in expiration, often accompanied by coughing and a feeling of constriction in the chest.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Pohang
-
noun,
a port city in SE South Korea.
- astray
-
adverb, adjective,
out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route:
- Mahan
-
noun,
Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Sayao
-
noun,
Bidú [bee-doo;; Portuguese bih-doo] /ˈbi du;; Portuguese bɪˈdu/ (Show IPA), (Balduina de Oliveira Sayão) 1902–1999, Brazilian soprano.
- Mayon
-
noun,
an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- mast-
-
- Marys
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- mayst
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- math.
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- Marya
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- Mayan
-
noun,
a member of the Mayan tribe.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Mayas
-
noun,
the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- mashy
-
noun,
mashie.
- mangy
-
adjective,
having, caused by, or like the mange.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- marg.
-
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- phagy
-
- phany
-
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- Omaha
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- Oyama
-
noun,
Iwao [ee-wah-aw] /ˈi wɑˌɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1916, Japanese field marshal.
- Pharm
-
- ogham
-
noun,
an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- phyma
-
noun,
a nodule, swelling, or small, rounded tumor of the skin.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- phys.
-
- phon.
-
- phony
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- phot.
-
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- pyran
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- pyro-
-
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- porgy
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pagan
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
- para-
-
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- panty
-
noun,
panties.
- pant-
-
- Pansy
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- panga
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.
- Panay
-
noun,
an island in the central Philippines. 4446 sq. mi. (11,515 sq. km). Capital: Iloilo.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- payt.
-
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- part.
-
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasay
-
noun,
a city in E Philippines, on Manila Bay, on E Luzon.
- pasha
-
noun,
a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.
- pashm
-
noun,
the fine woolly underhair of goats raised in northern India.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Orth.
-
- path-
-
- pathy
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- Port.
-
- matr-
-
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- mothy
-
adjective,
containing moths.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- rangy
-
adjective,
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- Mont.
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- 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.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- myths
-
noun,
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- myth.
-
- Myron
-
noun,
chrism.
- Myrna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- mynas
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- nymph
-
noun,
one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
- Nyasa
-
noun,
former name of Malawi (def 2).
- post-
-
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- naso-
-
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- rayah
-
noun,
a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
- Prog.
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- prom.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- pron.
-
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pros.
-
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Msgr.
-
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- atopy
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tangy
-
adjective,
having a tang.
- atory
-
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tampa
-
noun,
a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Gamay
-
noun,
a grape grown especially in the Beaujolais region of France and in N California.
- gamo-
-
- tayra
-
noun,
a small animal, Eira barbara, of the weasel family, ranging from Mexico to tropical South America.
- gamps
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- asgmt
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- atmo-
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Tanya
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tangs
-
- athar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Srta.
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnash
-
noun,
an act of gnashing.
- stagy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- gyron
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- gonys
-
noun,
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spor-
-
- Goth.
-
- gyros
-
noun,
gyrocompass.
- gyro-
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- Gatha
-
noun,
one of several groups of hymns (the Gathas) forming the oldest part of the Avesta.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- Ghana
-
noun,
a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- ghast
-
adjective,
ghastly.
- stomy
-
- Ghats
-
noun,
Eastern Ghats.
- yoghs
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stogy
-
noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- gyno-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- goths
-
noun,
one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.
- ayahs
-
noun,
(in India) a native maid or nurse.
- agony
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- agro-
-
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- agmas
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- amahs
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- Amapa
-
noun,
a federal territory in N Brazil. 51,177 sq. mi. (132,550 sq. km). Capital: Macapá.
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- Amata
-
noun,
the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- aghas
-
noun,
aga.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- 30-30
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- tropy
-
- trop-
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Agata
-
noun,
an American art glass having a mottled, glossy, white and rose surface.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- tryma
-
noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- Agama
-
noun,
any of numerous agamid lizards of the genus Agama, many of which are brilliantly colored and have the ability to change the color of the skin.
- agamy
-
noun,
the absence of a rule dictating marriage choices within a social group.
- Agana
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guam.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Aryan
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- Apgar
-
noun,
Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- anth-
-
- thong
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Arhat
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- thana
-
noun,
a police station in India.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- AMPAS
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- anat.
-
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- angry
-
adjective,
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- typo-
-
- Gotha
-
noun,
a city in S Thuringia, in central Germany.
- ghost
-
noun,
the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- synth
-
noun,
Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hort.
-
- hoagy
-
noun,
a hero sandwich.
- hosp.
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- haram
-
noun,
harem.
- span-
-
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- hoary
-
adjective,
gray or white with age:
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- shpt.
-
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- hangs
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Haman
-
noun,
a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews of Persia. Esther 3–6.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- hoyas
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- soapy
-
adjective,
containing or impregnated with soap:
- Shang
-
noun,
a Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766–1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523–1027 b.c.
- hongs
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- Hogan
-
noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- haoma
-
noun,
a leafless vine, Sarcostemma acidum, of eastern India, yielding a sour, milky juice.
- Hagar
-
noun,
the mother of Ishmael. Gen. 16.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Shara
-
noun,
Sharra.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- haars
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- 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.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- Sarah
-
noun,
the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- yangs
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Yasna
-
noun,
a part of the Avesta including the Gathas and other liturgical texts.
- gram.
-
- grays
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Hasan
-
noun,
(al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- yogas
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- Hyman
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- yapon
-
noun,
yaupon.
- graph
-
noun,
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- grapy
-
adjective,
of, like, or composed of grapes.
- Shama
-
noun,
a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- smyth
-
noun,
Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.
- Hypo-
-
- Harpy
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- shtg.
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Yampa
-
noun,
a river in NW Colorado, flowing W into the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Hansa
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- 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.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- rpt.
-
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sym.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Phar
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- shr.
-
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- typ.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- shog
-
noun,
a shake; jolt.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Sam.
-
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sat.
-
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- tron
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- pat.
-
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- tomy
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- top-
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- syn-
-
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ptg.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- RNAS
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- str.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Rom.
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- pts.
-
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Sra.
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- SRAM
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stg.
-
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- pyr-
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pogy
-
noun,
a porgy.
- SMTP
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- pyo-
-
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- phr.
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- Syr.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- pot.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- tanh
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pos.
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- RONA
-
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- nom.
-
- par.
-
- Gaya
-
noun,
a city in central Bihar, in NE India: Hindu center of pilgrimage.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- gamy
-
adjective,
having the tangy flavor or odor of game:
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Gays
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- Myna
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- myo-
-
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- MNAS
-
- Mngr
-
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gyps
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- gyn-
-
- gyms
-
noun,
a gymnasium.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- 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.
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- mRNA
-
- Asha
-
noun,
the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- MSgt
-
- MSHA
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- art.
-
- MSPH
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Arm.
-
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mony
-
adjective, noun,
many.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- atm.
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- mopy
-
adjective,
mopey.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- ASTM
-
- MOpt
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Man.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Hoya
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- hom-
-
- homy
-
adjective,
homey1 .
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- HMAS
-
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- gro.
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- gras
-
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hyp.
-
- Hos.
-
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- Hag.
-
- Hama
-
noun,
a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- Haas
-
noun,
Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- Haag
-
noun,
Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- hymn
-
noun,
a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hasa
-
noun,
a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- 1080
-
- hgt.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- Gmat
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- yrs.
-
- GNMA
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- yogh
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- mag.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- gyr-
-
- Maya
-
noun,
the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Yoga
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Yama
-
noun,
the Vedic god presiding over the underworld.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- gosh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation or mild oath):
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- YMHA
-
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Goya
-
noun,
Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- Yana
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
- Yang
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- gony
-
- gon-
-
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- goys
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- mtg.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- AHSA
-
- ayah
-
noun,
(in India) a native maid or nurse.
- amah
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amp.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- not-
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nos-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- amt.
-
- nomy
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Anas
-
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- NOAA
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Pan.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- pam.
-
- pays
-
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- AAAS
-
- aahs
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- AARP
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- org.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ahoy
-
interjection,
(used as a call to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- agst
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- onym
-
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Ont.
-
- agha
-
noun,
aga.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- opsy
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- apo-
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Apr.
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- APSA
-
- ano-
-
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- ant.
-
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ANPA
-
- aph-
-
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Arg.
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Nah.
-
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nagy
-
noun,
Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- SPR
-
- ASM
-
- APS
-
- AGM
-
- Agh
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gph
-
- GPM
-
- GPS
-
- Gr.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- TRH
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GSA
-
- ARS
-
- Am.
-
- hr.
-
- ag-
-
- HSM
-
- AAA
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- TSH
-
- an.
-
- TSP
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- th-
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ThM
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Aar
-
- Tro
-
- ASN
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- AAP
-
- GSR
-
- Ar.
-
- AAM
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- GTS
-
- TGN
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- spt
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TMO
-
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- gym
-
noun,
a gymnasium.
- GHA
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- STP
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ATA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- AMS
-
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Tng
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- ATP
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ga.
-
- ANG
-
- STM
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- St.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- aor
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Agt
-
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- GOP
-
- Sr.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- ASR
-
- Sta
-
- gyp
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GNP
-
- AOA
-
- GMT
-
- TPN
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TPM
-
- ast
-
- tph
-
- AYH
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ays
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- at.
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- mtn
-
- PSG
-
- MTO
-
- PSA
-
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- NAA
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- PRA
-
- NHA
-
- NHG
-
- NHS
-
- NYA
-
- NYP
-
- NMR
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- POR
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- MTh
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MPA
-
- MPG
-
- MPH
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MSA
-
- Mt.
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- MSH
-
- MSN
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MST
-
- NOP
-
- POA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- OTS
-
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- OPM
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ory
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Pa.
-
- PGA
-
- Pg.
-
- pm.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PMG
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PaG
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- ONR
-
- PHA
-
- PMT
-
- OSA
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- NRA
-
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- py-
-
- PHS
-
- NSA
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- op.
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- PhM
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OHG
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MRP
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MAA
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YHA
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- Mo.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Mao
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- RPO
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- SMA
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- sht
-
- shp
-
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- sho
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- SHA
-
- Sgt
-
- Hts
-
- 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:
- SAA
-
- RPM
-
- MHR
-
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- RPG
-
- MHA
-
- MHG
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROG
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- my-
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- Mat
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noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ROA
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- RNA
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MNA
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- MNS
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- rya
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noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- rho
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- HMS
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ROP
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- RO
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- NY
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- GH
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- G.
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- MN
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- GM
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- TM
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- GP
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- S.
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- SA
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- TN
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- P.
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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.
- Hy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- h.
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
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- HG
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- NH
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- HP
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- NP
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- SN
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- ry
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- ty
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- A.
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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.
- RP
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- SG
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- PH
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- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- t.
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- TG
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- GN
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- T1
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- MP
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rg
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- M.
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- yr
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- O.
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- OG
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- MG
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NM
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- OA
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- R.
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- TP
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MH
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- NG
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- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SM
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YT
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- Y.
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- RN
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- RH
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