Anagrams of Proto-Germanic
Word Proto-Germanic has
2160 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Proto-Germanic.
- Greco-Roman
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noun,
a style of wrestling in which the contestants are forbidden to trip, tackle, and use holds below the waist.
Compare catch-as-catch-can (def 1).
- incorporate
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adjective,
legally incorporated, as a company.
- importance
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noun,
the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- progenitor
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noun,
a biologically related ancestor:
- acroterion
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noun,
acroterium.
- cramp-iron
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noun,
a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- Protogenia
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noun,
the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- peroration
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noun,
a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- pictogram
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noun,
pictograph.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- corporate
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noun,
a bond issued by a corporation.
- procreant
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adjective,
procreating or generating:
- geotropic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- ergonomic
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noun,
human engineering.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- carpeting
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noun,
material for carpets.
- centigram
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noun,
one 100th of a gram, equivalent to 0.1543 grain. Abbreviation: cg.
- cormorant
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noun,
any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- morganite
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noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- preatomic
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- terracing
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noun,
something formed as a terrace.
- interrog.
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- poromeric
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noun,
any of various microporous synthetic materials used as leather substitutes.
- paregoric
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noun,
a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- petrogram
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noun,
a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- remigrant
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noun,
a person or thing that returns.
- protonema
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noun,
a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- cairngorm
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noun,
smoky quartz.
- compotier
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noun,
compote (def 2).
- companero
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noun,
(in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- Compagnie
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noun,
company.
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- copartner
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- imperator
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noun,
an absolute or supreme ruler.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- operating
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adjective,
used or engaged in performing operations:
- micropore
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noun,
a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- microtone
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noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- arterio-
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- 11-point
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- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- monocarp
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noun,
a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
- monocrat
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noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- argento-
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- argentic
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adjective,
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- reimport
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- motorcar
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noun,
Chiefly British. an automobile.
- motoring
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noun,
traveling in a car, especially when considered as a recreation.
- cromorne
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noun,
crumhorn.
- picogram
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noun,
one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- Crompton
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noun,
Samuel, 1753–1827, English inventor of the spinning mule.
- remargin
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verb (used without object),
to provide additional cash or collateral to a broker in order to keep secure stock bought on margin.
- geoponic
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adjective,
of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- Corrigan
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noun,
Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- contemp.
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- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- protero-
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- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- pronator
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- copremia
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- promoter
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noun,
a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
- Cimarron
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noun,
bighorn.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- temporo-
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- progeria
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noun,
a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- magnetic
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adjective,
of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- Germanic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- magneto-
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- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- geronto-
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- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- gerontic
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adjective,
geriatric.
- Geronimo
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noun,
(Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- Cameroon
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noun,
Also, Cameroun. Official name United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
- germano-
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- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- mericarp
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noun,
one of the carpels of a schizocarp.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- pentomic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- acromion
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noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- tramping
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noun,
hiking, especially on trails having huts at regular intervals for hikers to use overnight.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- 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.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- operator
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noun,
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like:
- oceanog.
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- parergon
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noun,
something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- epigram
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- primage
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- primero
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noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- centri-
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- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Potomac
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noun,
a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- centro-
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- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- actino-
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- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Paoting
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoding.
- proagon
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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.
- cerato-
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- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- Ipomoea
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- procto-
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- potamic
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adjective,
of or relating to rivers.
- go-cart
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noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- entomo-
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- magnet-
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- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- corpora
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noun,
a plural of corpus.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- coroner
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- octagon
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noun,
a polygon having eight angles and eight sides.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Mariner
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noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- carping
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noun,
petty faultfinding.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- carport
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- carrion
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- maintop
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- roaring
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noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- omicron
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cartoon
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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.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Proctor
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- comport
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noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- coinage
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noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- taproom
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noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- Tampico
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noun,
a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- come-on
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noun,
inducement; lure.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- tampion
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- Comorin
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- grimace
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- compar.
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- compare
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noun,
comparison:
- compart
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verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- compote
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noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- Grecian
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noun,
a Greek.
- oregano
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- Compton
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noun,
Arthur Holly [hol-ee] /ˈhɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1892–1962, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1927.
- gripman
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- gripmen
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- orarion
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noun,
a stole worn by deacons.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- cognate
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noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- acrogen
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- program
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noun,
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end:
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Graeco-
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- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- promote
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- organo-
-
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- organic
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- Cipango
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noun,
Japan.
- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- tearing
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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.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- grantor
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noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- coagent
-
noun,
a joint agent.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- coating
-
noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- ragtime
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- cortina
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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.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- armoire
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- pigment
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noun,
a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- mooring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that moors.
- moorage
-
noun,
a place for mooring.
- garrote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- montero
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- airport
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noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- armiger
-
noun,
a person entitled to armorial bearings.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- pirogen
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- mitogen
-
noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- genito-
-
- arteri-
-
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- Pogonia
-
noun,
a terrestrial orchid of the genus Pogonia, of North America.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Tompion
-
noun,
tampion.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- trepang
-
noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- apomict
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- perigon
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- rootage
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- petrog.
-
- tracing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- 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.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- nemato-
-
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- antero-
-
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- gameto-
-
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- megaton
-
noun,
one million tons.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- megaron
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- Portage
-
noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- Campion
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- campong
-
noun,
kampong.
- earring
-
noun,
an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Cotinga
-
noun,
any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.
- 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.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- trigram
-
noun,
a sequence of three adjacent letters or symbols.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Cranmer
-
noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- cranio-
-
- parting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- craniom
-
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- crampon
-
noun,
a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc.
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- contra-
-
- Agriope
-
noun,
Eurydice.
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- retro-
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- gamet-
-
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- raring
-
adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- grano-
-
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- grani-
-
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- eroto-
-
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Greco-
-
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- genit.
-
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- recti-
-
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- groper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- picro-
-
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Piaget
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- petro-
-
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- narco-
-
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- mogote
-
noun,
a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- necro-
-
- nemat-
-
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- penta-
-
- 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.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patri-
-
- nitro-
-
- nocti-
-
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- panto-
-
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- parget
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- pogrom
-
noun,
an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- inter.
-
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incorr
-
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inorg.
-
- intra-
-
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- intro.
-
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irreg.
-
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- primer
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- proto-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- iatro-
-
- 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.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- icono-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imper.
-
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- macro-
-
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- potage
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- metro-
-
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Pomona
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- magpie
-
noun,
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- matri-
-
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- angio-
-
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- carpo-
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copro-
-
- topog.
-
- coping
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- contr.
-
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- agric.
-
- agron.
-
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- amino-
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- 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.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- centi-
-
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- 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.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cerat-
-
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- coeno-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- 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.
- 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.
- cirro-
-
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- actin-
-
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- cteno-
-
- aceto-
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- aeron.
-
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- 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.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- 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.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- 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.
- romper
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- tropo-
-
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- acro-
-
- meta-
-
- 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.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- arrgt
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- orig.
-
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- poet.
-
- onco-
-
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- actg.
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- meno-
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- metr-
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- atmo-
-
- onto-
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- mega-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- prae-
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- marg.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trop-
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- opto-
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Oreg.
-
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- 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.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carp-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 30-30
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Capt.
-
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Port.
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- acpt.
-
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tonia
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Cant.
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- 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.
- acet-
-
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matr-
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- omni-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- peri-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- peta-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- pert.
-
- aero-
-
- pant-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Amer.
-
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- petri
-
- agro-
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- nomo-
-
- pari-
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- part.
-
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- trig.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- nitr-
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- patr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noto-
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- noct-
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- aeri-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Armen
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- areo-
-
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mont.
-
- 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.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- 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:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- mono-
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 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.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- 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.
- tono-
-
- Mongo
-
noun,
mungo.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- angi-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anti-
-
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- ante-
-
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anim.
-
- pico-
-
- 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.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- topo-
-
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- Apoc.
-
- octo-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- reni-
-
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copr-
-
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- 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.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- comp.
-
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Cong.
-
- 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.
- Recit
-
- Congo
-
noun,
congou.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- erron
-
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- contg
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- coop.
-
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- rect.
-
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- recpt
-
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- geom.
-
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- recip
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- gono-
-
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- crit.
-
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- gamo-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- corp.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- corpn
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- corr.
-
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- rcpt.
-
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Prog.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- proc.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- tera-
-
- cero-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- ecto-
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- 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.
- econ.
-
- 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.
- ento-
-
- intr.
-
- rept.
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- term.
-
- 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.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- MAgEc
-
- prem.
-
- pret.
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- engr.
-
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- cent.
-
- prim.
-
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- pron.
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- incor
-
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ergo-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- 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.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- Prot.
-
- cogon
-
noun,
a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- 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.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- temp.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- cine-
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- oto-
-
- Reg.
-
- 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.
- RONA
-
- Rom.
-
- rit.
-
- tRNA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- repr
-
- tron
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- pat.
-
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- oro-
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Rep.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- par.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- pam.
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- regr
-
- org.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- 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).
- tri-
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- POGO
-
noun,
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- pnea
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- 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.
- ptg.
-
- 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.
- RCMP
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- pro-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- prec
-
- 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.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- prin
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- pot.
-
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- ter.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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):
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tion
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Pen.
-
- 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.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- rpt.
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- pct.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- top-
-
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Pet.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Gmat
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gimp
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- 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.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- geo-
-
- 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.
- GNMA
-
- 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.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gon-
-
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- Goop
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Ger.
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- etc.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emp.
-
- enc.
-
- Eng.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- 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.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gen.
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- MCPO
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- ment
-
- MEPA
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- met.
-
- mag.
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- gro.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ign.
-
- IMCO
-
- Imp.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- int.
-
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- Mic.
-
- arr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arg.
-
- 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.
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- ano-
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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:
- ator
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- ant.
-
- ance
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agit
-
- 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.
- amt.
-
- agr.
-
- AIME
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- amp.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Can.
-
- cap.
-
- EGmc
-
- 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.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- ctr.
-
- 1080
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cet-
-
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Com.
-
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cmon
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cog.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Mon.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- OAPC
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- NCTE
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- not-
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- NTIA
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- neo-
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mngr
-
- 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.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nor.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- MOpt
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- nom.
-
- Ont.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- OPer
-
- opia
-
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- min.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mtge
-
- Oct.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- mtg.
-
- mRNA
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- NIRA
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OAP
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- NRC
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Oc.
-
- OAO
-
- OTC
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- nr.
-
- CIE
-
- CNM
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- CNO
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CGM
-
- CIP
-
- NRA
-
- CMA
-
- TCA
-
- CIM
-
- CGI
-
- op.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- eo-
-
- PCI
-
- CRP
-
- CRT
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctg
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- PCM
-
- Eg.
-
- EOM
-
- ROP
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROI
-
- ec-
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- NOP
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- 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:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NMR
-
- rte
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rt.
-
- NMI
-
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- RPG
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPM
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CEO
-
- CAI
-
- CEA
-
- tra
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- oo-
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- ONR
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tr.
-
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ANC
-
- ot-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- OTA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aor
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ACP
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Tro
-
- AIC
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- OPM
-
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- AGM
-
- OOT
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- oon
-
- Agt
-
- ote
-
- APC
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- CMG
-
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- Om.
-
- ECG
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- OIt
-
- PaG
-
- 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.
- oic
-
- Tng
-
- OGO
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TGN
-
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- PMG
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Pg.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- pm.
-
- at.
-
- 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.
- ATC
-
- Pr.
-
- 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.
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ATP
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ca.
-
- ECA
-
- RNR
-
- ROG
-
- IGM
-
- RCP
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- MOR
-
- ier
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ine
-
- ing
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- 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
-
- IOT
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- IPM
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- MRA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MPE
-
- GTO
-
- MPA
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GPM
-
- Gr.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- gre
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- gt.
-
- GTC
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- MRP
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PRA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- mcg
-
- MCI
-
- MCP
-
- MIP
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mao
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- POR
-
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- POA
-
- ipr
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- MOI
-
- IRO
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- PIO
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Mc-
-
- MIT
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- 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.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MNE
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- MNA
-
- PRC
-
- PMT
-
- GNP
-
- MPG
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Ga.
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- NEC
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- 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.
- EPT
-
- GCM
-
- gi.
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GCE
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- ECM
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- eir
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NGC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- EPA
-
- GCA
-
- GOP
-
- trp
-
- REA
-
- PGA
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- MTI
-
- NCO
-
- RCT
-
- mtn
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- MTO
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- MTP
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GMC
-
- 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.
- GCI
-
- GMT
-
- Mt.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- GCR
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- GCT
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- MN
-
- NM
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- 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.
- O.
-
- MG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- AO
-
- OG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- OA
-
- rg
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TM
-
- GN
-
- RC
-
- NG
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- IP
-
- GP
-
- G.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- 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.
- GC
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- i.
-
- CM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RN
-
- RP
-
- IG
-
- MP
-
- TC
-
- RI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- M.
-
- 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.
- CE
-
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NC
-
- TP
-
- TN
-