Anagrams of prognostication
Word prognostication has
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- constipation
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noun,
a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent.
- contortions
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noun,
the act or process of contorting.
- strongpoint
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noun,
a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- contraption
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noun,
a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.
- protagonist
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noun,
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- coronations
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noun,
the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- antiprotons
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- contritions
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noun,
sincere penitence or remorse.
- anisotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes.
Compare isotropic (def 1).
- Proto-ionic
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adjective,
of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
- cogitations
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noun,
concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation:
- coronation
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noun,
the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- contrition
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noun,
sincere penitence or remorse.
- sporogonia
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noun,
the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- incognitos
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noun,
a person who is incognito.
- cogitation
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noun,
concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation:
- ascription
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noun,
the act of ascribing.
- transition
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noun,
movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:
- antiproton
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- cognitions
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noun,
the act or process of knowing; perception.
- contortion
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noun,
the act or process of contorting.
- constraint
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noun,
limitation or restriction.
- contagions
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noun,
the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
- intrigants
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- incogitant
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adjective,
thoughtless; inconsiderate.
- partitions
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noun,
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- prognostic
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noun,
a forecast or prediction.
- parotitis
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noun,
inflammation of a parotid.
- parotitic
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adjective,
of or relating to parotitis.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- patristic
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adjective,
of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- sopranino
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noun,
a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- inorganic
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adjective,
not having the structure or organization characteristic of living bodies.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- consignor
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noun,
a person or company that consigns goods, merchandise, etc.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- patriotic
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adjective,
of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- pronation
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noun,
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- isotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- inotropic
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adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- proctitis
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noun,
inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- poisoning
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noun,
the condition produced by a poison or by a toxic substance.
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- intrigant
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- part-song
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noun,
a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- picaroons
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- incognita
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noun,
a woman or girl who is incognita.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- signorino
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- partition
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noun,
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- signorina
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Incognito
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noun,
a person who is incognito.
- paintings
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noun,
a picture or design executed in paints.
- ignitrons
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- trainings
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- Orpington
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noun,
one of a breed of large, white-skinned chickens.
- trination
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noun,
celebration of Mass three times on the same day by the same priest.
- opticians
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- posttonic
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adjective,
immediately following a stressed syllable:
- printings
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noun,
the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- rigatonis
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- contangos
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noun,
(on the London stock exchange) a fee paid by a buyer of securities to the seller for the privilege of deferring payment.
- rogations
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noun,
Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- orgiastic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- contagion
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noun,
the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
- potations
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- agonistic
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adjective,
combative; striving to overcome in argument.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- cognisant
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adjective,
a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- Gantrisin
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- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- cognition
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noun,
the act or process of knowing; perception.
- cognation
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noun,
cognate relationship.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- intrans.
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- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- pittings
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noun,
the act or operation of digging a pit or pits.
- poignant
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adjective,
keenly distressing to the feelings:
- Spingarn
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noun,
Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- patroons
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- contango
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noun,
(on the London stock exchange) a fee paid by a buyer of securities to the seller for the privilege of deferring payment.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- pointing
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noun,
(in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- nitroso-
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- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- ingrains
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noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- striping
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noun,
the act of decorating or otherwise providing with stripes:
- pinnati-
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- non-pros
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verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- pogonias
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noun,
a terrestrial orchid of the genus Pogonia, of North America.
- pintanos
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- printing
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noun,
the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- pig-iron
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noun,
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- sonorant
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- tipcarts
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- notation
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noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- agnostic
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noun,
a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- rattoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- potation
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- coatings
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noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ostinato
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noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- optician
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- stoating
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noun,
the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- Agrinion
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noun,
a city in W Greece.
- isogonic
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noun,
isogonal line.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- painting
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noun,
a picture or design executed in paints.
- training
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- gracioso
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noun,
a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- opticist
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noun,
a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- organics
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- ironings
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- organons
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noun,
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- 11-point
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- rogation
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noun,
Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- rigatoni
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- sporting
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noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- topcoats
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noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- ignitron
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- partings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- prostoon
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a portico.
- crannogs
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- spittoon
-
noun,
a cuspidor.
- ignorant
-
adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- carpings
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noun,
petty faultfinding.
- congrats
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noun, interjection,
congratulations.
- Notornis
-
noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- conation
-
noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- Storting
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noun,
the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- scraping
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
- tortonis
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- pairings
-
noun,
a coupling.
- tracings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- pontoons
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noun,
Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- scotopia
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- spontoon
-
noun,
a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- octagons
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noun,
a polygon having eight angles and eight sides.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- coating
-
noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- spongin
-
noun,
a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- porting
-
noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- consign
-
verb (used with object),
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- posting
-
noun,
assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- constr.
-
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- signior
-
noun,
signor.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- Script.
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- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- ragtops
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- organo-
-
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- scoping
-
noun,
Slang. the act or practice of eyeing or examining, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
- Rangoon
-
noun,
former name of Yangon.
- rasping
-
noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- garcons
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- iatrics
-
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- go-cart
-
noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- rinsing
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Gosport
-
noun,
a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
- giocoso
-
adjective, adverb,
merry; playful.
- gastric
-
adjective,
pertaining to the stomach.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- gastro-
-
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- soprano
-
noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- procto-
-
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Corning
-
noun,
a city in S New York.
- ingrain
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- proagon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greek comedy) a disputatious exchange, sometimes of a slapstick nature, between the chorus and the characters, or among the characters themselves, usually following the parodos and preceding the agon.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- copings
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- spacing
-
noun,
an act of someone or something that spaces.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- sparing
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- sitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sits.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- crannog
-
noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- cranio-
-
- Igorots
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Sno-Cat
-
- cottons
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Cotinga
-
noun,
any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.
- pronaos
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- costing
-
noun,
cost accounting.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- isation
-
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- ironing
-
noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- aristo-
-
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- topcoat
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- parting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- parings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- pinions
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- Nipigon
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in SW Ontario, in S central Canada. About 1870 sq. mi. (4845 sq. km).
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- taproot
-
noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- pinangs
-
noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- nonpros
-
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- nonstop
-
noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- octagon
-
noun,
a polygon having eight angles and eight sides.
- Taiping
-
noun,
a person who participated in the unsuccessful rebellion (Taiping Rebellion) 1850–64, led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (Hong Xiuquan), who attempted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- opsonin
-
noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- actino-
-
- actings
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- opiatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling opiates.
- trogons
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- Orinoco
-
noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- organon
-
noun,
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
- organic
-
noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- opinion
-
noun,
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- Toronto
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- pairing
-
noun,
a coupling.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- Paoting
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoding.
- tracing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- tragics
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- oogonia
-
noun,
one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to oocytes.
- transp.
-
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- pontoon
-
noun,
Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- canting
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- casting
-
noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- carping
-
noun,
petty faultfinding.
- Pitocin
-
- Gnostic
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- pitting
-
noun,
the act or operation of digging a pit or pits.
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Pogonia
-
noun,
a terrestrial orchid of the genus Pogonia, of North America.
- strato-
-
- stratig
-
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- strati-
-
- stoting
-
noun,
stoating.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stoping
-
noun,
a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- Cipango
-
noun,
Japan.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- piscina
-
noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- potoos
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- grotto
-
noun,
a cave or cavern.
- Panini
-
noun,
flourished c400 b.c, Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- paints
-
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.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- panto-
-
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- isopag
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- gonion
-
noun,
Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- Osorno
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- isogon
-
noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- grani-
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Oporto
-
noun,
a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- grano-
-
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- pignon
-
noun,
the edible seed of the cones of certain pines, as the nut pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- pinang
-
noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- inorg.
-
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- pingos
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- picro-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- nocti-
-
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- narco-
-
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- pisci-
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- instr.
-
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- intra-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
-
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- proto-
-
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- icono-
-
- icings
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- iatro-
-
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- intro.
-
- patri-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- corgis
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- copro-
-
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- coping
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- tapirs
-
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.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- topog.
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- spigot
-
noun,
a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- contin
-
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tinct.
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- aniso-
-
- costo-
-
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- socio-
-
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- carpo-
-
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- spiro-
-
- congos
-
noun,
congou.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- sporo-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- cogons
-
noun,
a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- angio-
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- actin-
-
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- sapro-
-
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- scato-
-
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- sarco-
-
- Giotto
-
noun,
(Giotto di Bondone) 1266?–1337, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- tropo-
-
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- sacro-
-
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- gipons
-
noun,
jupon.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tarso-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- toting
-
noun,
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- trans.
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- astron
-
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- astro-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- scoto-
-
- agric.
-
- agron.
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- pico-
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- toti-
-
- pant-
-
- 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.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- trig.
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- trop-
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- tonia
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- patr-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- tono-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- pari-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- part.
-
- topo-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- 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.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- pros.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sing.
-
- Sino-
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proc.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Prog.
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- pron.
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Scot.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- sarc-
-
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scat-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rcpt.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tangs
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spor-
-
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- span-
-
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- potoo
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- post-
-
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- orig.
-
- sanit
-
- gono-
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- atto-
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- naso-
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- nano-
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carp-
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- astr.
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- gains
-
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- noct-
-
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- ation
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- crit.
-
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- intr.
-
- Congo
-
noun,
congou.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- contg
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- copr-
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inst.
-
- coop.
-
- insp.
-
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- init.
-
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- corpn
-
- ition
-
- corp.
-
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- istic
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Cong.
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- ician
-
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cogon
-
noun,
a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.
- icons
-
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- Iran.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- annot
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- angi-
-
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- gotta
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- onco-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- asco-
-
- anon.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- anti-
-
- octo-
-
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- agro-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- goops
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 30-30
-
- gonna
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- opto-
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- acpt.
-
- acro-
-
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- actg.
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- onto-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- noto-
-
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- noso-
-
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Apoc.
-
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Sig.
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- gon-
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- scr.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- cts.
-
- sci.
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- ctr.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- crat
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- 1080
-
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- rpt.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- GATT
-
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Soni
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cort
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- org.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ant.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- apo-
-
- top-
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Apr.
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tonn
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- ANSI
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ARIS
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Arg.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- asc-
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- TSgt
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- tron
-
- acr-
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tRNA
-
- trit
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agit
-
- ano-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- ann.
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- agst
-
- agr.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tri-
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- art.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- RONA
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- stg.
-
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- Sra.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCA
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- cog.
-
- cat.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tion
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- att.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- atic
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cap.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Can.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- attn
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ator
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- non-
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- par.
-
- Oct.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- OAPC
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Nor.
-
- pts.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- ptg.
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- itis
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pct.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pan.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- iso-
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- pos.
-
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- not-
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- pro-
-
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- ign.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- prin
-
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- PSAT
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- psig
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- psia
-
- NTIA
-
- pat.
-
- pot.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ICAO
-
- prs.
-
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- opia
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- oro-
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Goop
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- RNAS
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- NIRA
-
- gras
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- POGO
-
noun,
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
- gro.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- oto-
-
- NOC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ATP
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- PGA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ct.
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- 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.
- ATC
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- CAI
-
- cp.
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASI
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- NNP
-
- NOP
-
- TGN
-
- TCS
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- PIO
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- TCA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Co.
-
- at.
-
- ROI
-
- PCS
-
- AIC
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- oo-
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Pg.
-
- Agt
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AGC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ps.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pt.
-
- ANC
-
- PTO
-
- ANG
-
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- tr.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- ACP
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Tro
-
- OSO
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- OPA
-
- OSP
-
- OOT
-
- tra
-
- Tpr
-
- PCI
-
- NSC
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- OTC
-
- APS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- op.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Oc.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- OAP
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- TNT
-
- Tng
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- TPN
-
- OIt
-
- TPI
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- PaG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIr
-
- OAS
-
- oic
-
- OGO
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- aor
-
- APC
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OSA
-
- TTS
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RCS
-
- RSA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rt.
-
- RPS
-
- RTS
-
- GTT
-
- GTS
-
- GTO
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- GTC
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- gt.
-
- GSR
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- GSC
-
- RCP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CSA
-
- CPA
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ics
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- PTT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RPG
-
- CPI
-
- RPO
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Rs.
-
- Sgt
-
- CSO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- GCR
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- 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.
- sc.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- RCA
-
- GCA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- GCI
-
- RCN
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- GCT
-
- RCT
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Gr.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- CSR
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- ctg
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- GSA
-
- SCP
-
- Ga.
-
- gi.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- GOP
-
- Sp.
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PSG
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSC
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- ROP
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CGI
-
- CGS
-
- CIA
-
- STI
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- NCO
-
- RNA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- CIP
-
- POR
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- PSA
-
- GNP
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- ROG
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGC
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- POA
-
- POC
-
- STP
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ROA
-
- CNN
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sr.
-
- in.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- PRC
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ing
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- PRA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- IRC
-
- spt
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- SPR
-
- GPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IPA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ipr
-
- IOT
-
- IPO
-
- IPS
-
- S.
-
- TT
-
- 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.
- GN
-
- AO
-
- RP
-
- RO
-
- SG
-
- SA
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rg
-
- N.
-
- IG
-
- IP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NC
-
- O.
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- OG
-
- 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.
- G.
-
- GC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- GP
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RC
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- OA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .