Anagrams of pneumoconiosis
Word pneumoconiosis has
885 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pneumoconiosis.
- monoecious
-
adjective,
Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- opinicuses
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noun,
a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- pneumonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- poisonous
-
adjective,
full of or containing poison:
- monecious
-
adjective,
monoecious.
- unionisms
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noun,
the principle of union, especially trade unionism.
- suspicion
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noun,
act of suspecting.
- empoisons
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verb (used with object),
to corrupt:
- poimenics
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noun,
pastoral theology.
- pneumono-
-
- isonomies
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noun,
equality of political rights.
- monoscope
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noun,
a cathode-ray tube that provides a signal of a fixed pattern, formerly used for testing television equipment at the end of a broadcast day.
- miscopies
-
noun,
an incorrect copy.
- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- sponsion
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noun,
an engagement or promise, especially one made on behalf of another.
- Simonson
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noun,
Lee, 1888–1967, U.S. set designer.
- Comnenus
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noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- nonissue
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noun,
a matter or issue of little or no interest or importance:
- meniscus
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noun,
a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- opsonins
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noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- spumones
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noun,
an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- omission
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noun,
the act of omitting.
- simonies
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noun,
the making of profit out of sacred things.
- cuisines
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- pensions
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- emission
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noun,
an act or instance of emitting:
- pocosins
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- specious
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adjective,
apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
- Unionism
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noun,
the principle of union, especially trade unionism.
- empoison
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verb (used with object),
to corrupt:
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- esconson
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noun,
sconcheon.
- soupcons
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noun,
a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
- opinicus
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noun,
a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- composes
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verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- monsoons
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noun,
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- consumes
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- copious
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adjective,
large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful:
- incises
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- impious
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adjective,
not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- pneumo-
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- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- minions
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- imposes
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- sinopis
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noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- noncoms
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noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- spumone
-
noun,
an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- eonisms
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- mess-up
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noun,
a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
- monsoon
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noun,
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- piceous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- soupcon
-
noun,
a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
- pinions
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- noisome
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adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- Socinus
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noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- Mencius
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noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinous
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adjective,
covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- cuisine
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- sponson
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noun,
a structure projecting from the side or main deck of a vessel to support a gun or the outer edge of a paddle box.
- Iconium
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noun,
ancient name of Konya.
- pumices
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- Poussin
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noun,
Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- Misenus
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noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- pounces
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noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- ominous
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adjective,
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
- opsonin
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noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- minuses
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noun,
minus sign.
- come-on
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noun,
inducement; lure.
- ioniums
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noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- opossum
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noun,
a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of feigning death when in danger.
- simious
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of apes or monkeys; simian.
- mission
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noun,
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- opinion
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noun,
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- poisons
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- cesiums
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- unisons
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- isospin
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- seismo-
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- seismic
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- miscues
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- compose
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verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- supines
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noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- muscone
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noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- meiosis
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noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- coniums
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- Simpson
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noun,
James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- puisnes
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- osmious
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adjective,
of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- poiesis
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- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- somni-
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- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Inness
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noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- mucins
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noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- sensum
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noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- Muncie
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noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Somnus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- MSCons
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- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- mesons
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mousse
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noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- socmen
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noun,
sokeman.
- Simons
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Scopes
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noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- impose
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- imines
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- pisci-
-
- ionium
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noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- icono-
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- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- moonie
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noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- SCOOPS
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noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Scouse
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noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- snipes
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noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- ionone
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- pinons
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noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- piscos
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- socio-
-
- musics
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noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- pumice
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- numis.
-
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- Minnis
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noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- opuses
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Minnie
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noun,
mother; mom.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copses
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- compos
-
noun,
composition material.
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- unpins
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- Onions
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noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- census
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noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- unpens
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- opiums
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- puisne
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- coeno-
-
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noncom
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- mouses
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- pennis
-
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- possum
-
noun,
opossum.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- cosmo-
-
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spouse
-
noun,
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- spumes
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- coupon
-
noun,
a portion of a certificate, ticket, label, advertisement, or the like, set off from the main body by dotted lines or the like to emphasize its separability, entitling the holder to something, as a gift or discount, or for use as an order blank, a contest entry form, etc.
- COSMOS
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noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- poss.
-
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- miso-
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Miss.
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- mono-
-
- nomo-
-
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- nuci-
-
- 30-30
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Penn.
-
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noso-
-
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- osmo-
-
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- opsis
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- omni-
-
- opium
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onco-
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onium
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- muco-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- munic
-
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- pico-
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Cons.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- icons
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Conn.
-
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- Episc
-
- insp.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spoom
-
noun,
a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- spies
-
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- econ.
-
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spec.
-
- Epis.
-
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- sumos
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- coop.
-
- sumps
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- insep
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- unpin
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- meno-
-
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- scums
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Minn.
-
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- misc.
-
- cine-
-
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- semi-
-
- comp.
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- UNCIO
-
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- USPO
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- USIS
-
- Pen.
-
- USMC
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- osis
-
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- uni-
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- sepn
-
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Sem.
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sci.
-
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- psec
-
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Soni
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 1080
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- MCPO
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Mic.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mes-
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- men-
-
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- 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.
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ious
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ins.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MIPS
-
- Inc.
-
- MSCP
-
- mus.
-
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- mun.
-
- muc-
-
- MSSc
-
- MSPE
-
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- mis-
-
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- 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.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Com.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Imp.
-
- IMCO
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epi-
-
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- Emp.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- eco-
-
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- USPS
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Omoo
-
noun,
a novel (1847) by Herman Melville.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nos-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nom.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- en-
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EIS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- OSO
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- UNO
-
- OSP
-
- NUM
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- MSC
-
- Ep.
-
- eu-
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- cs.
-
- pc.
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SMS
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ESU
-
- OSS
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SNU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- NSC
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Esc
-
- ECM
-
- EPS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- unp
-
- NSU
-
- oon
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- ec-
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- OEO
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- oic
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Om.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPM
-
- CIP
-
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Sus
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- Une
-
- USS
-
- ons
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- CNN
-
- unc
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SSN
-
- EOM
-
- CSO
-
- eo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- CIE
-
- ose
-
- Oc.
-
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- uns
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CIM
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- oo-
-
- CPU
-
- SSM
-
- SPS
-
- CPS
-
- CPO
-
- CPM
-
- CPI
-
- op.
-
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- pm.
-
- PUC
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- USM
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MIP
-
- NMI
-
- NMU
-
- NNE
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- NNP
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- MIE
-
- Co.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- USN
-
- NCO
-
- USP
-
- POC
-
- USO
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MUP
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NES
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- MSN
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- MSI
-
- PIO
-
- MSE
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MPE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- USC
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- PCS
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UPI
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPS
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- UPC
-
- IOU
-
- NOP
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- PCM
-
- ONI
-
- IOC
-
- PCI
-
- Ps.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- up-
-
- in.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ium
-
- sc.
-
- SCP
-
- NOC
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- SCM
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MCP
-
- CNM
-
- IUS
-
- SCS
-
- MCI
-
- 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.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- se-
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Mo.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- cp.
-
- CE
-
- CM
-
- NP
-
- UI
-
- IP
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- MN
-
- PU
-
- NM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- S.
-
- SM
-
- MP
-
- M.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- UC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SN
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- CU
-
- SU
-
- U.
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.