Anagrams of predicament
Word predicament has
1365 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of predicament.
- predicate
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- impedance
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noun,
Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- imprecate
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- Medicare
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65.
Compare Medicaid.
- medicate
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verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- decrepit
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adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- decimate
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verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Peterman
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noun,
a safecracker.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- timecard
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- endermic
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adjective,
acting through the skin, as a medicine, by absorption.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- permeant
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adjective,
permeating; pervading.
- pediment
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- pedantic
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adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- impacted
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noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Pandemic
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noun,
a pandemic disease.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- endemic
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Meriden
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noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- peteman
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noun,
peterman.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- pretend
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adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- tapemen
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- candier
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- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- perinde
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- peracid
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- tempera
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- Diptera
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noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- dementi
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- depaint
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- reedman
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noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Dampier
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noun,
William, 1652–1715, English navigator, explorer, buccaneer, and writer.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- meander
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noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- predict
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- demirep
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noun,
a demimondaine.
- predate
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verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- mediate
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- dermat-
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- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Dnieper
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noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- remiped
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noun,
a remiped animal.
- cramped
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noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- prename
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noun,
given name.
- pierced
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adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- centri-
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- painted
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noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- pandect
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- mitered
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- 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.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- mender
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noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- repand
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adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- cinder
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noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- aidmen
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noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- dement
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verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- IMPACT
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noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- piecer
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- demean
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noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- pantie
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noun,
panties.
- remind
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- remand
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- Pierce
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Aeneid
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noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- deicer
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- emetic
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Medit.
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- tinder
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- inter.
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- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- neaped
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adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- denti-
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- cerat-
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- Empire
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noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- tirade
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- CERMET
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- intra-
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- denier
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noun,
a person who denies.
- rancid
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adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- trepan
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Picard
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noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- actin-
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- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Pitman
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Damien
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noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- recipe
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noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- dampen
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verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- damper
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noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- Admete
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noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- recept
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- decare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- dancer
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noun,
a person who dances.
- Danite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- daimen
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adjective,
rare; occasional.
- adient
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adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- decant
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- nemat-
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- dreamt
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Decamp
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verb (used without object),
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Niepce
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noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Median
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noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- credit
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Medina
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- matri-
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- adren-
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- decime
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noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- pinard
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noun,
wine.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Pindar
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noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- pinder
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noun,
peanut.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- pineta
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- deceit
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- menace
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- parted
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noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- admire
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- decern
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- redcap
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- redact
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- recti-
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- decent
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adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- patine
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noun,
patina.
- centi-
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- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- mecate
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noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- imper.
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- arpent
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- temper
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- penta-
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- pentad
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noun,
a period of five years.
- meanie
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noun,
Informal. meany.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- teamer
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noun,
a teamster.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- raceme
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Maced.
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- diaper
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noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- cadent
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adjective,
having cadence.
- perdie
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adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Ampere
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noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- depart
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noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- armpit
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noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- maiden
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- pained
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noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- pecten
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pectin
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Andric
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noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- apiece
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adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tender
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- impend
-
verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- impede
-
verb (used with object),
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- enter-
-
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- premed
-
noun,
a program of premedical study or training.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- deperm
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce the permanent magnetism of (a vessel) by wrapping an electric cable around it vertically athwartships and energizing the cable.
- Merced
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- cardi-
-
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- dermic
-
adjective,
dermal.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- patri-
-
- pred.
-
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- prem.
-
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- pant-
-
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pret.
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- prim.
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- incr.
-
- pert.
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- peta-
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- patr-
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- petr-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pedi-
-
- PEDir
-
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pene-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- peri-
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- part.
-
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- prae-
-
- pari-
-
- prand
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- petri
-
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- intr.
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- pated
-
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- edit.
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- matr-
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- temp.
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- term.
-
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Card.
-
- Capt.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Cant.
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- meta-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- metr-
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- acpt.
-
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- aden-
-
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- acet-
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Recit
-
- deca-
-
- rcpt.
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- recip
-
- recpt
-
- deci-
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- diam.
-
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- derm-
-
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- dept.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- dent.
-
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crim.
-
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- cent.
-
- cine-
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- rept.
-
- retd.
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- cert.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Cmdr.
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- reni-
-
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NADP
-
- mRNA
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- NIRA
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NCTE
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- NTIA
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NDAC
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- neem
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- 1080
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rpt.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Rep.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tRNA
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trid
-
- tri-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- rcd.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pam.
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Pen.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pede
-
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- ped.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pct.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patd
-
- pat.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- RADM
-
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RCMP
-
- prin
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pnea
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- dim.
-
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dep.
-
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- depr
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dec.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Dem.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Den.
-
- dpt.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- damp
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- end-
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ind.
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ence
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ect-
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- enc.
-
- EDTA
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emp.
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- amp.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ant.
-
- Apr.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- art.
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Adm.
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIME
-
- AInd
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- amdt
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cit.
-
- cpd.
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ctr.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Mac-
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- med.
-
- ment
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- min.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Ire.
-
- Man.
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MAEd
-
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Mic.
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- midn
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MEPA
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Mid.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- met.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- MDAP
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- IndE
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- int.
-
- mdnt
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Imp.
-
- inae
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Inc.
-
- CRP
-
- MEP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- RPM
-
- NEC
-
- rt.
-
- NDE
-
- cte
-
- rte
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CTA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- CRT
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CPR
-
- rnd
-
- CNM
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIA
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- CIM
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIP
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- CMA
-
- CMD
-
- CPA
-
- RNA
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- CED
-
- CEA
-
- CDT
-
- CPI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- CPM
-
- RMC
-
- CIE
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ier
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- MPE
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- tra
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- tr.
-
- AIC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MPA
-
- MIP
-
- ACP
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- MNA
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- MNE
-
- MRP
-
- Mt.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cp.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCA
-
- cr.
-
- MCR
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- CAI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- mi.
-
- ATP
-
- ATC
-
- MTI
-
- APC
-
- mtn
-
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- MTP
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- MIE
-
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- NAD
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- at.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- trp
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- PCI
-
- PDT
-
- PCM
-
- ITC
-
- ERT
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERP
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- PRC
-
- ETD
-
- ine
-
- PRA
-
- ea.
-
- PMT
-
- ead
-
- ETR
-
- DRE
-
- ean
-
- ITA
-
- MIT
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- IRC
-
- EMR
-
- DMA
-
- DMT
-
- DNA
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- DPM
-
- Dr.
-
- EAM
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- EDP
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- Md.
-
- Ir.
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- Mc-
-
- EDT
-
- EPT
-
- EPA
-
- EEC
-
- eir
-
- 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:
- PID
-
- Ep.
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ECM
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- ed.
-
- IPA
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Rd.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- NPR
-
- de-
-
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- DEA
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- NMR
-
- Npt
-
- RCA
-
- nr.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- 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.
- NRA
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- NMI
-
- en-
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- IDP
-
- red
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noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- DCM
-
- ene
-
- NIM
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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.
- DAE
-
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- MCP
-
- MCI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAR
-
- 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.
- NRC
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- id.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- RMA
-
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- EMT
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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:
- Ia.
-
- Re.
-
- RCP
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- pm.
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- pd.
-
- in.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ide
-
- Pr.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- DET
-
- di.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- TP
-
- D.
-
- IP
-
- MN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TN
-
- EI
-
- TM
-
- TD
-
- DM
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- RN
-
- RP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- NM
-
- DP
-
- DN
-
- TC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NI
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- ND
-
- NP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- MP
-
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CM
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.