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- Mousterian
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adjective,
of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- keratinous
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adjective,
composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- Turkomans
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noun,
a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- equations
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noun,
the act of equating or making equal; equalization:
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- neuromast
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noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- ketonuria
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noun,
the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- Quakerism
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noun,
the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- urokinase
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noun,
an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- aequorins
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noun,
a protein, secreted by certain jellyfish, that produces a blue light upon binding with calcium.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- ramequins
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noun,
ramekin.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- antiquers
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noun,
a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- ramekins
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noun,
a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- antiquer
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noun,
a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- tokenism
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noun,
the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- Turkomen
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noun,
Turkmenistan.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- outranks
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verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- romaunts
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- equation
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noun,
the act of equating or making equal; equalization:
- quaestor
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noun,
one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- Transkei
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noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- mounters
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- ramequin
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noun,
ramekin.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- monikers
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noun,
a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- marquise
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noun,
the wife or widow of a marquis.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- T-square
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noun,
a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- misquote
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noun,
a quotation that is incorrect.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- aequorin
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noun,
a protein, secreted by certain jellyfish, that produces a blue light upon binding with calcium.
- mistaken
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noun,
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- 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.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Quintero
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noun,
Álvarez Quintero.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- question
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noun,
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- keratins
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Turkoman
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noun,
a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- Masonite
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- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- muskrat
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noun,
a large, aquatic, North American rodent, Ondatra zibethica, having a musky odor.
- Austro-
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- quatres
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noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- quinate
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adjective,
arranged in groups of five.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- nemato-
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- manures
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noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- korunas
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noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- murines
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- querist
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noun,
a person who inquires or questions.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- quinoas
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noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- quintes
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noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- tsunami
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- quakers
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noun,
a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- quartes
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noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- natrium
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- quartos
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noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- Manitou
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noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- Sukarno
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noun,
Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- stonker
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verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- muskone
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noun,
muscone.
- troikas
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noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Kutenai
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.
- questor
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noun,
quaestor.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Sirenum
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noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- torques
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noun,
a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.
- koreans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- nostrum
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noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- Inkster
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- inquest
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noun,
a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
- kerato-
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- keratin
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- norites
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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.
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- intakes
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noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- Kenitra
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noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- tinkers
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noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- kauries
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noun,
kauri.
- tinamou
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noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- Katrine
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noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- kations
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noun,
cation.
- Kastner
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noun,
Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- irksome
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adjective,
annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome:
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- 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.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- Kamerun
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noun,
German name of Cameroons.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- tankers
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noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- neuroma
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- romaunt
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- equator
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noun,
the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- qintars
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noun,
a money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.
- Erikson
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noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- roquets
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noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- outrank
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verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- surname
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noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- outmans
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Torenia
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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.
- kinemas
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noun,
cinema.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- neutro-
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- Sequoia
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noun,
either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- take-in
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noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- Kirsten
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noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- ostmark
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noun,
(formerly) a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of East Germany: replaced by the Deutsche mark in 1990.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- kineto-
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- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- asquint
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adverb, adjective,
with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.
- atriums
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noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Munster
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noun,
muenster.
- matures
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Maurois
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Maurist
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noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- sterno-
-
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sternum
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- Ukraine
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Capital: Kiev.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- antique
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noun,
any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- 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.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- squamo-
-
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- aristo-
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- ramekin
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noun,
a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- stearo-
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- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- stamin-
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- amounts
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noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- unmitre
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- mikrons
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noun,
micron.
- unmiter
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- unmakes
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verb (used with object),
to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Mountie
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noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- moniker
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noun,
a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- antero-
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- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Martinu
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noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- stinker
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- Turkmen
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noun,
the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus.
- mistake
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noun,
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- Turkman
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan.
- Turkism
-
noun,
the culture, beliefs, principles, practices, etc., of the Turks.
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- arseno-
-
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Marquis
-
noun,
a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- marques
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- markets
-
noun,
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- masquer
-
noun,
masker.
- sokeman
-
noun,
a tenant holding land in socage.
- minkes
-
noun,
a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- squint
-
noun,
an act or instance of squinting.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- squirm
-
noun,
the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- kinema
-
noun,
cinema.
- kinase
-
noun,
a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- somat-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Kantor
-
noun,
MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- Squire
-
noun,
(in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- Keaton
-
noun,
Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- Kanuri
-
noun,
a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- Kirman
-
noun,
a Persian rug marked by ornate flowing designs and light, muted colors.
- takins
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- mikron
-
noun,
micron.
- Kismet
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Kiruna
-
noun,
a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.
- 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.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- somni-
-
- oakums
-
noun,
loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes, used for caulking the seams of ships.
- taroks
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- Kaiser
-
noun,
a German emperor.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Sarouk
-
noun,
a tightly woven Oriental rug with soft colors and, usually, a center design.
- squirt
-
noun,
the act of squirting.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- numis.
-
- tauro-
-
- squam-
-
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Kastro
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 2).
- square
-
noun,
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- Kerman
-
noun,
a city in SE Iran.
- kerat-
-
- 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.
- kation
-
noun,
cation.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- kermis
-
noun,
(in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- squeak
-
noun,
a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
- Tarski
-
noun,
Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- Karens
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- 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.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- miters
-
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.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- kauris
-
noun,
Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- KERMIT
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Kearns
-
noun,
a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- Kistna
-
noun,
former name of Krishna (def 2).
- strake
-
noun,
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- makers
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- masker
-
noun,
a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- masque
-
noun,
a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- streak
-
noun,
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- masto-
-
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- matins
-
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.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- kurtas
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- marque
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- Market
-
noun,
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- maquis
-
noun,
the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- muskie
-
noun,
muskellunge.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- skater
-
noun,
a person who skates.
- manque
-
noun,
the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- musket
-
noun,
a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
- matri-
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- mosque
-
noun,
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- Mequon
-
noun,
a town in E Wisconsin.
- Komura
-
noun,
Marquis Jutaro [joo-tah-raw] /ˈdʒu tɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1855–1911, Japanese statesman and diplomat.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Komati
-
noun,
a river in NE South Africa, N Swaziland, and SW Mozambique, flowing generally NE to the Indian Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- merkin
-
noun,
false hair for the female pudenda.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- neuro-
-
- merous
-
- smoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that smokes.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Morike
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1804–75, German poet.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- knouts
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- sequin
-
noun,
a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- Kumasi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ashanti district, in S Ghana.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- krauts
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- kraits
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- nemat-
-
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Kosrae
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 42 sq. mi. (109 sq. km).
- steno-
-
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- koruna
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Korean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- sunket
-
noun,
something, especially something to eat.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- nitro-
-
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- quarte
-
noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- quakes
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- quants
-
noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- quarks
-
noun,
Physics. any of the hypothetical particles with spin 1/2, baryon number 1/3, and electric charge 1/3 or −2/3 that, together with their antiparticles, are believed to constitute all the elementary particles classed as baryons and mesons; they are distinguished by their flavors, designated as up (u), down (d), strange (s), charm (c), bottom or beauty (b), and top or truth (t), and their colors, red, green, and blue.
Compare color (def 18), flavor (def 5), quantum chromodynamics, quark model.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- aniso-
-
- quart.
-
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- tranks
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- quarto
-
noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- quarts
-
noun,
a unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, or 57.749 cubic inches (0.946 liter) in the U.S. and 69.355 cubic inches (1.136 liters) in Great Britain.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Eakins
-
noun,
Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- quasi-
-
- antiq.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Quaker
-
noun,
a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- quatre
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- unmask
-
verb (used with object),
to strip a mask or disguise from.
- toques
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Eskimo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky build and light-brown complexion.
- torque
-
noun,
Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- unmake
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
- anemo-
-
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- roquet
-
noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- roques
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- qintar
-
noun,
a money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- equant
-
adjective,
(of a crystal) having all axes of the same length (opposed to anisometric).
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- traiks
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- quaint
-
adjective,
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- quirts
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- quinte
-
noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tusker
-
noun,
an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.
- quints
-
noun,
an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- risque
-
adjective,
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- quires
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quirks
-
noun,
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism:
- Tunker
-
noun,
Dunker.
- quotes
-
noun,
a quotation.
- quint-
-
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Qumran
-
noun,
Khirbet Qumran.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- quoins
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- arkose
-
noun,
a granular sedimentary rock composed of quartz and feldspar or mica; a feldspathic sandstone.
- turkis
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- quoits
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Quinta
-
noun,
an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quinoa
-
noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- troika
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- queans
-
noun,
an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- querns
-
noun,
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
- quino-
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Atkins
-
noun,
Chester ("Chet") 1924–2001, U.S. country-and-western singer and musician.
- umiaks
-
noun,
an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- quiets
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- inter.
-
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- intro.
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- aketon
-
noun,
acton.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- rumaki
-
plural noun,
bite-size appetizers, as chicken livers and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and broiled.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aeron.
-
- utero-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- remits
-
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.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Ruskin
-
noun,
John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- irones
-
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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- urino-
-
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- 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.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- urano-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Ostiak
-
noun,
Ostyak.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- amnios
-
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- iatro-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- reni-
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- MSEnt
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- quot.
-
- rimes
-
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).
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- quota
-
noun,
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- quote
-
noun,
a quotation.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Mont.
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Smoke
-
noun,
the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- reams
-
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)
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- reins
-
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.
- mokes
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Moqui
-
noun,
Moki.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- smirk
-
noun,
the facial expression of a person who smirks.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snake
-
noun,
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- 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.
- Reaum
-
- rakes
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- rakis
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- quern
-
noun,
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- semi-
-
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onium
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- oaken
-
adjective,
made of oak:
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- oakum
-
noun,
loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes, used for caulking the seams of ships.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sanit
-
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- saker
-
noun,
an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- okras
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- omni-
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Saruk
-
noun,
Sarouk.
- nukes
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- quoit
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quest
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- quin-
-
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- murks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- ques.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sakti
-
noun,
Shakti.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Sino-
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- quean
-
noun,
an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- quire
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- quits
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- Skeat
-
noun,
Walter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.
- skean
-
noun,
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- skate
-
noun,
ice skate (def 1).
- mukti
-
noun,
moksha.
- quoin
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- sito-
-
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Sitka
-
noun,
a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- Quito
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- quirt
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- Quirk
-
noun,
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism:
- Names
-
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.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Roque
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- neuks
-
noun,
nook.
- neur-
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- neut.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sero-
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- quark
-
noun,
Physics. any of the hypothetical particles with spin 1/2, baryon number 1/3, and electric charge 1/3 or −2/3 that, together with their antiparticles, are believed to constitute all the elementary particles classed as baryons and mesons; they are distinguished by their flavors, designated as up (u), down (d), strange (s), charm (c), bottom or beauty (b), and top or truth (t), and their colors, red, green, and blue.
Compare color (def 18), flavor (def 5), quantum chromodynamics, quark model.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- naso-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naut.
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Quant
-
noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- nears
-
- quake
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- seti-
-
- MNurs
-
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teaks
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- kains
-
noun,
cain.
- arium
-
- tears
-
- kames
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- kanes
-
noun,
cain.
- Kans.
-
- turks
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- Kansu
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- kaons
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- karos
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- karts
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kauri
-
noun,
Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Keats
-
noun,
John, 1795–1821, English poet.
- tera-
-
- tunka
-
noun,
wax gourd.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- terns
-
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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Armen
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Turk.
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Turki
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarok
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- kinas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- ante-
-
- treas
-
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- takes
-
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kisan
-
noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- Unit.
-
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- knars
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- ankus
-
noun,
an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- areo-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ukase
-
noun,
(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- umiak
-
noun,
an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- tanks
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- keto-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tiers
-
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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- toque
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tonia
-
- auto.
-
- Aust.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Euro-
-
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- equi-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Iran.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- astr.
-
- tious
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- 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).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- times
-
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.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- intr.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Tomsk
-
noun,
a city in the central Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ob River.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- IATSE
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- inst.
-
- atmo-
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- ation
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- meno-
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- 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.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- steak
-
noun,
a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- merks
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- mero-
-
- matr-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- Marks
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- anis-
-
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- rents
-
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.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mast-
-
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- stank
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- squat
-
noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- 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.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- aeri-
-
- mirks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- aeons
-
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.
- miso-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- mites
-
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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- 30-30
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Minsk
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Byelorussia (Belarus), in the central part, on a tributary of the Berezina.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- stake
-
noun,
a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Srta.
-
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mikes
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- minke
-
noun,
a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- aero-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- Kurmi
-
noun,
a member of a major agricultural caste widespread in northern and central India.
- uran-
-
- kurta
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- Stuka
-
noun,
a German two-seated dive bomber with a single in-line engine, used by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Amer.
-
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- 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.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- stunk
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- krans
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Kraut
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- Krems
-
noun,
a city in NE Austria, on the Danube.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- amoks
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- Korea
-
noun,
a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea.
Compare Korean War.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Kraus
-
noun,
Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Aksum
-
noun,
the capital of an ancient Ethiopian kingdom, ruled by Himyaritic emigrants from Arabia.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- maqui
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Aristotelia chilensis, of Chile, having toothed, oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and purple berries, grown as an ornamental in S California.
- 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.
- stome
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- knurs
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- anim.
-
- knout
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maker
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- makes
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- makos
-
noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- koans
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- USIA
-
- 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).
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USNA
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- uni-
-
- USAR
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- tri-
-
- USMA
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- uret
-
- tusk
-
noun,
(in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- uria
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- rets
-
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.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rom.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- uro-
-
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tron
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Ukr.
-
- ukes
-
noun,
ukulele.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tues
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sur-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sunk
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- str.
-
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Sem.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Taku
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dagu.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- souk
-
noun,
suk.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Skat
-
noun,
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- skim
-
noun,
an act or instance of skimming.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- skua
-
noun,
Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, especially C. skua (great skua) of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Ste.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- saur
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sat.
-
- teas
-
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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- taur
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- ten.
-
- Tasm
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- 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.
- Sauk
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rusk
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 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.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ter.
-
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Soni
-
- req.
-
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- mkt.
-
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- MNAS
-
- eous
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moke
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- moki
-
noun,
Hopi (def 1).
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Esq.
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- merk
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- est.
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- eso-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Mike
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mink
-
noun,
a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- Monk
-
noun,
(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- 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.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- mus.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- musk
-
noun,
a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- aut-
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- auks
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- ator
-
- murk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Ens.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- mRNA
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- MSAE
-
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- MSIE
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- men-
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ket-
-
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- Iraq
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- KIAS
-
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- ious
-
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- 1080
-
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ire.
-
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- 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.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- kame
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- 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.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kats
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- Kemi
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- int.
-
- meas
-
- Mark
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mako
-
noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- 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.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- Marq
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mask
-
noun,
a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Eur.
-
- Knt.
-
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- ins.
-
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Komi
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people of northeastern European Russia.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- 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.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- inae
-
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Kuna
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- Kura
-
noun,
a river flowing from NE Turkey, through the Georgian Republic and Azerbaijan SE to the Caspian Sea. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- Kure
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- mun.
-
- neo-
-
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- ano-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- amus
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- amt.
-
- ANSI
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- amok
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Ont.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- 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.
- Ark.
-
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- okas
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ant.
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- Omsk
-
noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia on the Irtysh River.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ANTU
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- out-
-
- arks
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- raku
-
noun,
a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- aer-
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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)
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- qats
-
noun,
kat.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- qto.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- AIME
-
- Quar
-
- quat
-
- Que.
-
- quim
-
noun,
vagina; vulva.
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- quor
-
- quos
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- art.
-
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- not-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- ates
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- NTIA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NIRA
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- atm.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ASTM
-
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- 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:
- 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.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- IOU
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ITA
-
- at.
-
- Tro
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- EOM
-
- IOT
-
- eo-
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- ASU
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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 = .
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Ir.
-
- TIA
-
- TSI
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- IRS
-
- TSE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Am.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- ISA
-
- uti
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- IRO
-
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- aeq
-
- tue
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ae.
-
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- USM
-
- EAM
-
- USR
-
- USN
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- Ar.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Auk
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- an.
-
- USO
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- in.
-
- ure
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ESU
-
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- UMT
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tra
-
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- Une
-
- ASM
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ETO
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ESR
-
- Esk
-
- ETR
-
- 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.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- UIT
-
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- tr.
-
- ERT
-
- eq.
-
- AOU
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- aor
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ur-
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- eir
-
- 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.
- AME
-
- TMO
-
- ine
-
- TKO
-
- ean
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ier
-
- ETS
-
- EMR
-
- AMU
-
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- eu-
-
- AMS
-
- UNO
-
- IAS
-
- uns
-
- EIS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ite
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OSA
-
- SAR
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OAU
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Om.
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ne-
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- ska
-
noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NUM
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- nik
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- 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.
- seq
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NMR
-
- NMU
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MTI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- QSO
-
- qtr
-
- qu.
-
- qua
-
adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- Qum
-
noun,
Qom.
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ROA
-
- Re.
-
- RNA
-
- RMA
-
- qr.
-
plural,
farthing.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- REA
-
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- qrs
-
plural,
farthing.
- Qom
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- QKt
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- qt.
-
- qat
-
noun,
kat.
- QIS
-
- mtn
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Mt.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- kr.
-
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- krs
-
- ksi
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Me.
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- STM
-
- stk
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- STI
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- meq
-
- Ker
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- Kt.
-
- ka-
-
- Kam
-
noun,
a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- Kan
-
- 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.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Kas
-
noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- KIA
-
- Kim
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- km.
-
- kn.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MIT
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MRA
-
- mk.
-
- MKS
-
- MNA
-
- Skt
-
- MNE
-
- SKU
-
- MNS
-
- 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.
- Sq.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- SNU
-
- mi.
-
- SMA
-
- MRI
-
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MRE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MSA
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- SQA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MST
-
- St.
-
- MIE
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MSE
-
- Sta
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- 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.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RO
-
- 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.
- K.
-
- AO
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- EI
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sk
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RQ
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- SA
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AQ
-
- IQ
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- UI
-
- S.
-
- SM
-
- SU
-
- UK
-
- i.
-
- U.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- M.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- QE
-
- AK
-
- QN
-
- QM
-
- SN
-
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Q.
-
- RU
-
- t.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- tk
-
- TM
-
- NM
-
- TN
-
- MN
-
- T1
-