Anagrams of recombinant
Word recombinant has
1355 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of recombinant.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- brominate
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verb (used with object),
to treat or combine with bromine; bromate.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- monacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- Comintern
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noun,
Third International.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- Brentano
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noun,
Franz, 1838–1917, German philosopher and psychologist.
- Minorcan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- bacteri-
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- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- bacterin
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noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- centibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- contrib.
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- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- antero-
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- microbe
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noun,
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- remnant
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noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- boatmen
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noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Antoine
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- montane
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Arecibo
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noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- Bernina
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noun,
a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- nemato-
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- mention
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- cranio-
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- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- cerato-
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- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- craniom
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- 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.
- centri-
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- Coimbra
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noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- combine
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noun,
a combination.
- corbina
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- contra-
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- contemn
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- centro-
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- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- cabrito
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noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- bromate
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- bromine
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- mannite
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noun,
mannitol.
- manbote
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noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- cabinet
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noun,
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items:
- 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.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- carbine
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- iceboat
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Riemann
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noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- moneran
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noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- ancient
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- actino-
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- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amoebic
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adjective,
amebic.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- ambient
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Briton
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- timber
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- timbre
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- bromic
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adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Mannie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manner
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noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- contin
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- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- macron
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
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- Conant
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noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- cabmen
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noun,
cabdriver.
- Maceio
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- actin-
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- intron
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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.
- intro.
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- intra-
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- camber
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noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambio
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noun,
a currency exchange.
- contr.
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- tinman
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- tinmen
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Minoan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
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- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- metro-
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- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Bomarc
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noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- bonaci
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Connie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Bonnet
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noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- Bonnie
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noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- borane
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borate
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Romaic
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noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Borman
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noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- Menton
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- aeron.
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- meacon
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verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
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- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intomb
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Corbin
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noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- centi-
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- tobira
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noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- tombac
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noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- cerat-
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- Corbie
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noun,
a raven or crow.
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- cteno-
-
- Cronin
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noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Citron
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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.
- comber
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noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- tonner
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- combat
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noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- abient
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adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- crambo
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noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- comate
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- entomb
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verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- eonian
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adjective,
aeonian.
- camion
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- tribo-
-
- camote
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noun,
batata.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- inter.
-
- canine
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- canner
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noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- bimane
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noun,
a bimanous animal.
- innate
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adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- Canton
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noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Cantor
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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.
- carbo-
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- carbon
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noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- income
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- inborn
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adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- caribe
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noun,
piranha.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Carmen
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noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
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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.
- I-beam
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noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- iatro-
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- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- aceto-
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- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rebato
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noun,
rabato.
- Beaton
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noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- nitro-
-
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- nation
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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:
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- narco-
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- bemoan
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verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- nocti-
-
- banter
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Benita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Benoni
-
noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- necro-
-
- barit.
-
- Benton
-
noun,
Thomas Hart ("Old Bullion") 1782–1858, U.S. political leader.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- amino-
-
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- nemat-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- recti-
-
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- anemo-
-
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Banner
-
noun,
the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- 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.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- omni-
-
- ento-
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reni-
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- tonia
-
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- Recit
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- 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.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- incor
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- meta-
-
- tera-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nano-
-
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- term.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Nebr.
-
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- metr-
-
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- teno-
-
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Tenn.
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Mont.
-
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- incr.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- NoibN
-
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nona-
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- OBrit
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- noct-
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitr-
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- intr.
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- cont.
-
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- ambi-
-
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- brom-
-
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Brit.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- aero-
-
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- aeri-
-
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carb-
-
- Cant.
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 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.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Camb.
-
- acro-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- ante-
-
- Banon
-
noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- anim.
-
- bact.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- anon.
-
- anti-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- areo-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amer.
-
- BMarE
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biont
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- amin-
-
- AMORC
-
- baro-
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Benin
-
noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Conn.
-
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Bart.
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- acet-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cert.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- 30-30
-
- cine-
-
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Comr.
-
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- 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.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comb.
-
- 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.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Cmon
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- cit.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- neo-
-
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- crat
-
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- tRNA
-
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEbn
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- NCTE
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- bio-
-
- tab.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- TRIB
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- ance
-
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- RONA
-
- mRNA
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- 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.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- 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.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Ont.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- ator
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Oct.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Arm.
-
- art.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- RIBA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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).
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Con.
-
- Cor.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- atm.
-
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- atic
-
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- bar.
-
- non-
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- 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.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- tron
-
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- NIRA
-
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Nor.
-
- ano-
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Com.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 1080
-
- NTIA
-
- NRAB
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cort
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- bor.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- aet.
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- aer-
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Mac-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- IRBM
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- AIME
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- tonn
-
- TCBM
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- eco-
-
- ten.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Aire
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- ter.
-
- ect-
-
- cet-
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ice.
-
- ICBM
-
- ICAO
-
- Tob.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- IMCO
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- abr.
-
- CERN
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- enc.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- 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.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tion
-
- acr-
-
- cen.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- inae
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- bot.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ctr.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- ment
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- met.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Mic.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- tri-
-
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- BMet
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- BMOC
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Ceto
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- TMO
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- an.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- REA
-
- rte
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- rt.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Ar.
-
- ac-
-
- RBC
-
- RBI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TNB
-
- abt
-
- ab-
-
- 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.
- Am.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- RCA
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ROA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Amb
-
- Tbi
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TBA
-
- Tro
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- RNA
-
- ABM
-
- abn
-
- TCA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- TBO
-
- RMC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- 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.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- aor
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ae.
-
- ANC
-
- AEC
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ROI
-
- TIA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- NbE
-
- at.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- Mao
-
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- CBE
-
- 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.
-
- ct.
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- BRM
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- MBE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- CAI
-
- IRO
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRE
-
- Ir.
-
- MIE
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BME
-
- BMI
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- BMT
-
- Bn.
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- MBO
-
- IRC
-
- IOT
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- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- EbN
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
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- EAM
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- ea.
-
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
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- eo-
-
- cte
-
- eir
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- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- CIA
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- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
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- CMA
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- CNM
-
- CNN
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- CNO
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ECM
-
- EMR
-
- ior
-
- IBN
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- ion
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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 = .
- IOC
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- CAM
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noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ib.
-
- EMT
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CEA
-
- CEO
-
- en-
-
- mob
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noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- BMR
-
- Bai
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noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- BAM
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noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Ban
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noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- NOC
-
- OTC
-
- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- ATC
-
- NNE
-
- ATB
-
- NMR
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- NMI
-
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OEM
-
- OMB
-
- BCE
-
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- OCR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ONI
-
- Br.
-
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- ONR
-
- Bac
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Bat
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noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- MRE
-
- NIA
-
- NCO
-
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRI
-
- MRA
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- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOR
-
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BIE
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- RMA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Om.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ne-
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- NEC
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- OTB
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NBC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ote
-
- bec
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- NBA
-
- RN
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- B-
-
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Eb
-
- EI
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- NM
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- MN
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CB
-
- CE
-
- RO
-
- CM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BC
-
- TM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- BM
-
- BO
-
- TN
-
- OA
-
- MB
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- T1
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- O.
-