Anagrams of ratiocinations
Word ratiocinations has
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- transaction
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noun,
the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- contritions
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noun,
sincere penitence or remorse.
- inartistic
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adjective,
lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- Constantia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- anisocoria
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noun,
inequality in the size of the pupils.
- carnations
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- transition
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noun,
movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:
- contrition
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noun,
sincere penitence or remorse.
- constraint
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noun,
limitation or restriction.
- sanitation
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noun,
the development and application of sanitary measures for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc.
- anticorona
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noun,
a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- irisation
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noun,
the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- tarnation
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noun,
damnation; hell (used as a euphemism):
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- actinians
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Carnation
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- Costanoan
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noun,
a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- intrinsic
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adjective,
belonging to a thing by its very nature:
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- natations
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- trination
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noun,
celebration of Mass three times on the same day by the same priest.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- Constanta
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noun,
a seaport in SE Romania, on the Black Sea.
- Nicotiana
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- intrans.
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- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- titanias
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- rattoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- iranians
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- sonorant
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostinato
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noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- annattos
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- transact
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verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinian
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- incision
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noun,
a cut, gash, or notch.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- natation
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- nitroso-
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- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- notation
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noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- Sicanian
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adjective,
Sicilian.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- strati-
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- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- rattoon
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rattons
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noun,
a rat.
- astrict
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- strato-
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- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- iatrics
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- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- contra-
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- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- contort
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- constr.
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- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- coition
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noun,
coitus.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- risotto
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noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- cantina
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cranio-
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- cottons
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- Sno-Cat
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- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Asiatic
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noun,
an Asian person.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- Titanic
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noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- annatto
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- isation
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- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- anconas
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noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- astatic
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adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- Antonia
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- Iranian
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- anattos
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noun,
annatto.
- Tartini
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- Trianta
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noun,
Trianda.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- tricots
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- acrasin
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actino-
-
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- 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.
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- tortoni
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Otranto
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noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- Tarasco
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noun,
Tarascan.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- intrant
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- aristo-
-
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- intact
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adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
-
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- iatro-
-
- nocti-
-
- Nicias
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noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- narco-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- sancta
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noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- sacro-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Icaria
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noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- contin
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- instr.
-
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- icono-
-
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- contr.
-
- NASCAR
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noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- intro.
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- intra-
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- costo-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- 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.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- trans.
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- aniso-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- tinct.
-
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tarso-
-
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- scato-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scoto-
-
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sarco-
-
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- socio-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tono-
-
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- octo-
-
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- onco-
-
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- 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.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- noct-
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- toti-
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- nona-
-
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- noto-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- scat-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- noso-
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Scot.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- sito-
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Srta.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- stat.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sanit
-
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- 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.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sarc-
-
- Sino-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- 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.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- cata-
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- nitr-
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cons.
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Const
-
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- icons
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- init.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- ician
-
- cont.
-
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Iran.
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anon.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- annot
-
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anat.
-
- anti-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- 30-30
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- atto-
-
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- atria
-
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.
- ation
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- 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:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- nano-
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ition
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- naso-
-
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- istic
-
- tion
-
- NOAA
-
- sci.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- cit.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 1080
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cis-
-
- cir.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- scr.
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tit.
-
- Oct.
-
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Cor.
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ant.
-
- Con.
-
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- NCAA
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Sat.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- iso-
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- art.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- not-
-
- attn
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- itis
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- nos-
-
- ator
-
- asc-
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- atic
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- att.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Soni
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- non-
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- NTIA
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- NACA
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- ARIS
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Can.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acr-
-
- tri-
-
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Inc.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- ICAO
-
- IATA
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- iana
-
- 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.
- ins.
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tron
-
- oro-
-
- tRNA
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- 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 = .
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- trit
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- oto-
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- Ont.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- 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.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rit.
-
- Cort
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- RNAS
-
- tonn
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- RONA
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- crat
-
- ann.
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- RIIA
-
- ctr.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- AISI
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- cts.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- NIRA
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Anas
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tro
-
- 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.
- 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.
- TSI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIA
-
- NCO
-
- Ar.
-
- ASN
-
- ac-
-
- NIA
-
- an.
-
- TNT
-
- ASI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- NAA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AIC
-
- 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.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- 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.
- AOA
-
- NOC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- aor
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tr.
-
- TIA
-
- tra
-
- TCA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Aar
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ANC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ARS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TCS
-
- oon
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CST
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CSR
-
- CTA
-
- CRS
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- ics
-
- CRT
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- io-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- ASR
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ISA
-
- ROI
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- IOT
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- OSO
-
- ior
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- oo-
-
- OTA
-
- Ir.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- IRC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OOT
-
- ot-
-
- IRO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- in.
-
- 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.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRS
-
- OTS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ONI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- RCS
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sta
-
- NSA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ist
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- CAI
-
- NSC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ast
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- STI
-
- CAA
-
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- nr.
-
- TTS
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- sc.
-
- OAS
-
- OCR
-
- 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.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- OAO
-
- CIA
-
- ISR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OCS
-
- SAR
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- OSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Oc.
-
- OTC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NI
-
- SA
-
- TT
-
- NC
-
- t.
-
- TN
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- S.
-
- 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.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- AO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TC
-
- SN
-
- ic
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- RO
-
- OA
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- i.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- RC
-